Re: Radiant Dragona in Draconomicon

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>Can you back this assertion up with facts?
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>Besides, you can get 3e and 3.5e for free, so this seems irrelevant.
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No, not right now, but I'm sure if I searched I might find some of the
articles still up on the internet.  WoTC's crusade against electronic media
was a few years ago, right after they took over TSR.  And yes, it was about
copyrighted material, and software that aleady had that material in
electronic form.  This software made it easy to copy and distribute the
material.  For example, the Realms Atlas had all those maps that could
easily be copied and distributed.  Spreading the matreial was illegal, but
owning the CD isn't.  The CD was frowned upon by WoTC, though, so they
didn't support it and tried to make it go away discretely.  Some of the
people who were complianing about this said TSR let the Core Rules and
Realms Atlas be created as a parting gift to their fans, before WoTC took
them over.  But I never bought the Atlas in time.

I do want to buy a copy, if anybody has one send me an email
(coyotedkm@???????.com) and how much you want.  I'm not into spreading
copyrighted material, I just want some new maps for my own games.  I changed
over from a bookshelf of D & D material to all electronic resources, because
it takes up much less space and is far more convenient.

- Coyote, the Desert Dog


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>>  I used to have a few links to a couple of
>>sites where some nasty letters WoTC sent to people had been posted up,
>>but
>>the fear of lawsuits kept most people from putting any 2nd ed.
>>material from
>>the Core Rules online.  Those sites are gone, too.
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>Did they get nasty letters from WotC because they were posting
>copyrighted materials?
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>>It's the same argument as the one the music makers and bands like
>>Metallica
>>(sell outs, they suck since Cliff Burton died, now they see only money)
>>used.  They think the internet is this huge threat to them, and they
>>don't
>>like products that put too much of their material in electronic format,
>>because electronic formats can be traded easier.  They're paranoid.
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>There you and I agree, to a degree.
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>>Anyway, no smiley face, I mean it.
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>You never did seem to affirm or deny that WotC has been taking steps to
>make sure no one can buy a copy of the FR Atlas.
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>>  I liked the entire D&D package much
>>better when TSR ran it.
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>That's great. I, on the other hand, do not. That's not to say I like
>WotC 100% over TSR, but overall I am happy with the direction of the
>game.
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>>And as a previous discussion established, this is
>>an opinion, and it is a relavent opinion because it is related to the
>>topic
>>of this list.
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>Actually, it is not relevant. I am allowing it, and even responding to
>it, because the list is slow and my tolerance for off-topic postings
>increases when the list is slow.
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>>  If you don't like my opinion, that is too bad, I still feel this way.
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>Noted.
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>There is a time for bingo and there is a time for funerals. Try to keep
>them separate.
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