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Originally Posted by HarryT
I believe that, in that circumstance, you would (technically) be breaking the law in downloading the book from Fictionwise. Fictionwise are perfectly within their rights to sell it - it's up to you to know that you shouldn't buy it.
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And why don't they do the same with geographic restrictions? If a given publisher does
not have the right to sell something in a country, does the reason matter? It can be because of a contract, or because of public domain differences, or whatever... I, as a customer, should see no difference, it's all a publisher/bookseller affair.
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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.
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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Exactly. I remember saying the same with all the Amazon-1984 affair...
But what interests me here is the difference between copyright/PD and geographic restrictions. They try to "sell" us geographic restrictions as something they must do to stay legal, yet they completely ignore copyright law differences...