Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Jay_Ibero_911 07-09-07, 04:04 PM	I know they don't want to make it easier for people to play regional/metaregional mods online, but as Core mods are quite frequently played online it would be so much more convenient for both DM's and players if the mods just came with that option enabled. There are plenty of programs available that do it for you, but if they came that way it would save a lot of hassle...if it's even possible to have them come that way...
cycloptic_squirrel 07-10-07, 12:47 AM	Seconded
Lomiat 07-10-07, 08:05 AM	Thirded.
berpo 07-10-07, 08:52 AM	Good idea...
Mattastrophic 07-10-07, 10:03 AM	Fourth-ded. Especially since AFAIK all it takes to allow copy-pasting is to just check one box. -Matt
amnuxoll 07-10-07, 08:27 PM	Fifth-ed.
JJeff 07-10-07, 09:11 PM	I think there's the copyright issue to consider. the RPGA does not want non-authorised reproduction of their adventures at all. Just because it makes running online easier doesn't mean they can open the door to blatant copies of their adventures being sold in another form, under another name. But if that isn't a problem, Sixth-ed!
myshkingfh 07-10-07, 11:29 PM	If we do that they can sue us, just like they would if we scanned it. Seventhed!
Jay_Ibero_911 07-11-07, 12:35 AM	At this point I'm wondering why they are locked to begin with. I wish an official would pop in here and let us know if this request is even possible...
clannagh 07-11-07, 12:41 AM	I never realised you couldnt cut and paste from mods as I run the full Acrobat and the Acrobat text touch up tool allows selecting, cutting and pasting without a problem. But clearly that feature is not available for people just running Acrobat Reader which must be really annoying.
Jay_Ibero_911 07-11-07, 12:51 AM	I never realised you couldnt cut and paste from mods as I run the full Acrobat and the Acrobat text touch up tool allows selecting, cutting and pasting without a problem. But clearly that feature is not available for people just running Acrobat Reader which must be really annoying. Indeed. We shouldn't need to buy additional software just to play online...
bitznarf 07-11-07, 01:45 AM	I run Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro myself, and I can't copy and paste out of many mods. Some I can, some I can't. Some campaign documents I can, some I can't.
KarmaInferno 07-11-07, 10:21 AM	I think there's the copyright issue to consider. the RPGA does not want non-authorised reproduction of their adventures at all. Just because it makes running online easier doesn't mean they can open the door to blatant copies of their adventures being sold in another form, under another name. But if that isn't a problem, Sixth-ed! If you have the mod in question in hand to begin with, you can already print out copies or e-mail the PDF all over the place if you really wanted to be naughty. Being able to cut and paste won't make breaking copyright any easier. The only use for cut-n-paste, really, is for dropping text blocks into areas that can't just display PDFs, like chatrooms when running online. As it stands, in order to be able to cut and paste, American RPGA judges must run the file through a decryption program to break the encoding that prevents copying. This can be interpreted as a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I'd really rather not have to break the law to be able to effectively use my LGCS-given right to run Core mods online! -karma
_metz_ 07-12-07, 04:46 AM	I never realised you couldnt cut and paste from mods as I run the full Acrobat and the Acrobat text touch up tool allows selecting, cutting and pasting without a problem. But clearly that feature is not available for people just running Acrobat Reader which must be really annoying. Same with me, I was wondering what the problem was until I worked it out that reader didn't let you affect it.
Donald_Cannith 07-13-07, 12:44 PM	i back thism otion whole-heartedly. If the yare that worried they should add an onlineoption when ordering asndh aveo nlythose copy-pastable
catsclaw 07-13-07, 05:12 PM	The only use for cut-n-paste, really, is for dropping text blocks into areas that can't just display PDFs, like chatrooms when running online.That's far from the only reason, although it's likely the most common one. Here's other copy-protection issues I've run into: 1) Loading a map in Photoshop, so I can remove DM information and print it out to scale rather than draw the map. You can directly load a page from a PDF into Photoshop, unless it's copy-protected. 2) Creating a "cheat sheet" to streamline a tricky encounter which wasn't well explained in the mod. I needed to copy and paste from a couple different pages to put everything relevant on a single sheet. 3) Writing a mod, I tried to duplicate one of the preexisting mobs in the new stat block format from a previous mod, so I could make minor edits. Didn't work. Put me down as strongly in favor of removing copy-protection on the mods.