DriveThruRPG; Binding PDFs

I've complained about the somewhat PITA DRM mechanism they started using, but now they are doing watermarks. We don't need to deal with registering or MS Passport or anything like that.

Doubtless it won't be perfect for preventing PDF piracy, but protection schemes rarely stop the determined pirates anyway. But according to DTRPG, they were trying to stop the "casual" pirating of passing a file onto someone's buddies. Watermarking still works against this but doesn't inconvenience the legitimate consumer, so credit to DTRPG.

As an aside, I took advantage of their 20% sale for "GM's Day" last weekend and bought Fields of Blood, the Eden book for realm management and mass combat (d20). I'd been thinking about it in the past and for $12 I couldn't pass it up. I also picked up a "personal binder" this weekend (the GBC CombBind 50) since I've been printing out a lot of PDFs and such lately. I think I may end up buying more stuff in PDF format (as opposed to print) and printing/binding it myself since that whole "lays flat" thing is very useful. Of course, my binder only handles up to 90 sheets (which equates to books up to 180 pages), so this won't be an option for, say, the next WotC hardcover I want. But for smaller stuff it'll be nice. I would have gotten a higher-capacity binder but those things aren't cheap - the one I bought was around $60 and they only go up from there.