Could Harn be put on a CDRom?

The HarnList has discussed this several times and determined that, while the list members would love to see all the Harn articles on one CD ROM, it would not be a sufficiently interesting product to generate profit for the company. As much as its fans love the products, all companies are run by profits. To organize, index and scan all the articles on Harn into a CD ROM would take a lot of time and money. The other problem is copyright. If all the articles were in an electronic format the publisher could not assure its authors and artists that their works would not be copied without their permission. In this case it's not just a question of losing profits to illegal copies - but infringment on the artist/author in that their works could be used in ways they had not originally forseen nor given permission for. As a final note, Auran Games has been given the exclusive right to publish Harn material in electronic format, so it would be Auran rather than Columbia Games who would consider ...  more