"In conjunction with the Retailer Rewards program, Wizards of the Coast will also release a new Internet Sales Policy on April 6. The new policy will have clear guidelines for online sales of Wizards’ product, and requires that retailers register with Wizards by signing an Authorized Internet Dealer Agreement."
Here's a copy of the Internet Dealer Agreement.
That makes it sound like this may be a temporary situation. Poorly handled? Yes. End of the world? No. Better legal minds than I will have to analyze the dealer agreement.
I do feel bad for the people who are losing out on extra downloads from sites like Paizo and DTRPG, I think they're the ones that are going to suffer the most.
Damn, I started commenting. What I really wanted to say was this: if you have purchased PDFs, heck if you have valuable data of any kind, from anywhere DO BACKUPS. Right now. This event should illustrate the value of having duplicates of your electronic media to prevent accidental loss or damage. Doing backups is one of the least rewarding tasks out there, right up until you dump a beer into your laptop.
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While I think that this whole PDF sales fiasco may be possible lead up to Wizards releasing the new Internet Sales Policy but a WOTC commenter on the ENWorld did mention that it had nothing to do with and explained that it was related to piracy.
It's just a matter of coincidental timing. However, I think this is where WotC could bounce back from this PR crisis.
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