Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:15:08 -0600, Ed Chauvin IV <edcfour@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
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>> >How did the RPG hobby ever survive for 30 years before WotC and the
>> >OGL in the first place?
>>
>> Piracy.
>
> Gamers were raiding seagoing vessels filled with RPG materials,
> depriving the merchants of their goods, and committing violence to do
> so? I doubt it.
>
> Personally, I think it's more likely copyright infringement was
> involved. Which has nothing to do with piracy, of course, because it's
> neither violent nor does it deprive the merchant of the goods.
Come to that, copyright infringement has only gotten *really* easy in
the last ten years or so. Up to that point it was a lot more work.
Considering D&D3.x came out almost (for rounded values of 'almost') ten
years ago, I think copyright infringement would've been only a *small*
part of the 'hobby', compared to now.
And 'now', things have been fairly decent. At least until 4e was
announced and everything dried up. I haven't bought a 'new' supplement
in months. I've been having a good time filling in my gaps with stuff
publishers and FLGSs are trying to clear, though.
Keith
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