| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Evrat
Acolyte
France
45 Posts |
 Posted - 22 Mar 2017 : 18:11:09
|
Hi everyone,
Any chance to find somewhere the old Polyhedrons as .pdf for free and legally ?
Thanks !
|
|
|
Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
6351 Posts |
|
|
Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2017 : 19:18:28
|
I did find them, once, on what appeared to be a legitimate site... But I didn't download them, immediately, and when I went back to the site, it was still there, but the Polyhedrons were not. And I've not found those pdfs anywhere for sale.
So it certainly appears that they are not legally available as pdfs, regardless of whether or not money is changing hands. |
Candlekeep Forums Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com -- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct
I am the Giant Space Hamster of Ill Omen!  |
 |
|
|
Thoth
Acolyte
Canada
31 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2017 : 11:46:08
|
| Wow, now there is a trip through nostalgia. I don't think I have ever seen them for sale, legally, anywhere. And I would never ever recommend taking a look at torrent sites to see if they exist there because that would be wrong. |
|
|
|
Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2017 : 22:24:37
|
Old issues of Polyhedron and so on are ambiguously legal to distribute (and I wouldn't if you're worried about legality.) At one point archive.org scanned and uploaded the entire run (along with Dragon and Dungeon) as part of their legal library efforts to preserve periodicals. WotC contacted them and asked them to take them down (as unlike most of the other periodicals that were archived, Dragon and Dungeon were still going efforts with commercial value.) Scans that you see on the Internet of Polyhedron largely date from this effort, I expect.
Because of this, anyone with copies of Polyhedron downloaded from archive.org would legally have those; sharing them wouldn't be legal under US law as I understand it though. Same for Dragon and Dungeon; those are now available for purchase through D&D Classics, however.
Of course, I am not a lawyer but this is how I understand it.
|
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Polyhedron
