Re: BAD NEWS

It wan't me but, i don'r hesitate to no microsoft software pilfering. hell
it sort of hard to avoid when buying used computers. but for something like
ripping of wizards on somthing like the for purchase ESD's is just a bad
idea. If i would of konw about that site i would have dropped wizards a line
but i don't think anyone had to tell. I'm sure there are wotc employies on
this list or at least one that would have instantly started scouring the web
for such a site. If i can find a site where i can download adobe acrobat in
less than a week they can find some site selling pilfered copies of their
files. not only that with the set up they have for downloading them they
probably know whos files were being spread accross the net since it is
harder to not mark PDF's than it is to not i'm sure they would have not gone
to the trouble to not mark them.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Empty Voices"
> >Boris Karpa wrote:
> > >
> > > The Half-Arcanes at T$R closed www.adnd.ru
> > > Does anybody know who is responsible for this decision and who told
them
> >(maybe someone of my correspondents?)
> > >
> >         Well, two things:
> >         1) TSR no longer exists.  That would be WotC/Hasbro now.
> >         2) What exactly was www.adnd.ru?  Never heard of the site.
> >
> >         One last thing: if you want to get a response from a WotC rep or
> >employee, drop the "T$R".  Not one of them will respond to any message
> >with that in the body as they consider it exceedingly rude.
>
> Considering Boris has openly admitted on-list to never having bought a TSR
> book (instead relying on bootleg net copies), it should be obvious he
> doesn't care. He can just "T$R" and "HA$BRO" away so far as I'm concerned.
>
> From what I recall, Boris said there would be a site that gave away the
ESD
> downloads. Assuming he found it, and inferring from his "half-Arcane"
quip,
> www.adnd.ru was likely a site that gave a way illegal versions of the pay
> downloads. I may be wrong.
>
> I just visited the address to see what it was, and it says "Russian Team
> AD&D" with the rest of the page in Russian. [shrug] Must be something.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------~George
> Lavalle
>
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>
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