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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If they're selling in that country, it's their responsibility to know that their goods are legal. It's not the buyer's responsibility to confirm that a store is stocked with legal goods. I certainly don't go to a bookstore and research every potential purchase to find out if it's not violating copyright.
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Your bookstore is unlikely to carry such items. They can only get from publishers/distributors what it is legal for them to sell.
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That digital content sales are considered to happen in the country of the buyer is ridiculous--but because of that, FW should be turning *off* sales to any country they don't know they have the right to sell in.
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For commercial titles that must be purchased, they probably
are. There was a flap a while back when one of the major publishers (Hachette, I think), pulled electronic versions from one of the ebook vendors, because Hachette didn't have the rights to offer the books in all places, but didn't think the ebook vendor had the mechanisms in place to enforce geographical restrictions. Hachette was concerned about lawsuits from the publishers who
had the rights in those areas.
For stuff that is PD here but not there, how much should Fictionwise (or Barnes and Noble, who owns them) really
care? People will care if they think there is money to be made or lost. I really don't see anyone going through the trouble of going after Fictionwise because a PD title they offer is not PD in some locations. The cost of doing so would far exceed any potential benefit.
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Dennis