I bet everyone's sick of my 4e related questions by now. Well, I guess this one isn't so much about the game. . .
I've been trying to locate books like Heroes of the Feywild and Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Emporium. As per Amazon, both will run me about a hundred dollars. So I went looking for a cheaper place to find them. I ended up finding a couple of download-the-pdf-version-for-free sites.
Do these sites violate copyright law and/or are unethical to use?
DMsGuild is basically a D&D/WotC storefront within Drive Thru RPG, sometimes it's easier to search for "official" but out of print stuff there than the main DriveThru site.
Note available in PDF or softcover, or PDF softcover bundle (softcover is based off the PDF not the original book design. Still, generally folks seem happy with DMsGuild/DriveThru's print on demand content, but you probably want to see what reviewers say to be on the safe side, folks tend to have mild complaints about color and occasional bad scans particularly with maps).
To ditto Pang, pulling PDFs off a file sharing site for free is a piracy violation of copyright law, and especially given that the copyright holder is maintaining the title for purchase in the legitimate marketplace is definitely unethical.
I bet everyone's sick of my 4e related questions by now. Well, I guess this one isn't so much about the game. . .
I've been trying to locate books like Heroes of the Feywild and Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Emporium. As per Amazon, both will run me about a hundred dollars. So I went looking for a cheaper place to find them. I ended up finding a couple of download-the-pdf-version-for-free sites.
Do these sites violate copyright law and/or are unethical to use?
Yes and yes. Simple as that.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
Hello there Drowfreak,
Most likely yes. Have you tried Drive Thru RPG? They have a license to reprint some of the 4e books, and sell even more of them as PDFs.
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DMsGuild is basically a D&D/WotC storefront within Drive Thru RPG, sometimes it's easier to search for "official" but out of print stuff there than the main DriveThru site.
To do some work for you:
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/121710/Players-Option-Heroes-of-the-Feywild-4e?term=heroes of the feywild
Note available in PDF or softcover, or PDF softcover bundle (softcover is based off the PDF not the original book design. Still, generally folks seem happy with DMsGuild/DriveThru's print on demand content, but you probably want to see what reviewers say to be on the safe side, folks tend to have mild complaints about color and occasional bad scans particularly with maps).
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/165544/Mordenkainens-Magnificent-Emporium-4e
PDF only.
To ditto Pang, pulling PDFs off a file sharing site for free is a piracy violation of copyright law, and especially given that the copyright holder is maintaining the title for purchase in the legitimate marketplace is definitely unethical.
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DMs' Guild has them too. Watermarked, properly licenced .pdf and/or softcover.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
DriveThruRPG.com is where I got Red Hand of Doom in a PDF for only like 10 bucks.
A free PDF download is almost certainly an illegal copy. Avoid.
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Thanks a lot :)
That's what I figured. I'll use the sites you guys gave me.