Wrong. It would be illegal for someone to make copies for someone else, even if that someone else owned the products. Everybody can make their own products, but not somebody else's.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 11:38 am: Edit

Perhaps it would be better for a kinder gentler response when somebody wants to do something that isn't kosher, but then, I have been burned on that before. I can remember a dozen cases where somebody asked "can I do XX?" and I said "better not" and their response was "well, then, you left it up to me and I will go right ahead". (Often, their response was to go ahead without saying anything until they got caught and then plead that my response was vague and seemed to leave the decision up to them.) So, what is needed is a FIRM but NICE response, like "Oh, please don't do that as I really don't want to have to sue you and put you in jail". Seriously, I do tend to resort to nukes at the first skirmish, but I really have been burned far too many times when I didn't go nuclear.

By John Trauger (Vorlonagent) on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 12:00 pm: Edit

...something like

"Please don't do that as it is a clear copyright violation and I'd rather not take time away from new SFB products to sue you."

By Mike Raper (Raperm) on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 12:31 pm: Edit

The difference, William, is that a paper copy is intended for limited use; in this case, probably only one time. A CD, however, can be used to make many copies of the same thing, for as long as the owner has it. I agree with John, here...let this go. You asked, ADB answered. What more do you need? If it is mere curiosity at this point (which I can understand) you would probably be best off continuing this discourse privately, via email. I'm sure you can get all the answers you like that way.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica) on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 01:36 pm: Edit

Alan,

What SVC intends has been made crystal-clear time and again: use common sense. You can copy SSDs and other consumable forms (EA forms and the like) to your heart's content for your own personal use, and you can have said copying done at Kinko's if you so desire. You cannot copy an entire SSD book and transfer ownership of the stack of copies (or the original) to someone else. You can burn copies of SSDs for all the ships specified in a scenario or pick-up game used by all the players in a game that you are playing, but you cannot become a chronic source of SSDs for all of your friends' games with other people.

Why on Earth must you make this so complicated?