01-18-2010, 04:26 AM | #31 |
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The authors I have contacted have been sympathetic, but often they don't have any control, especially over older titles. Even when they set out to do something it can take a while before things can be resolved. Geographic restrictions on digital goods harms the industry though, because people are attempting to buy (yes, actually pay money) for stuff but are prevented by arbitrary legal barriers.
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01-18-2010, 07:10 AM | #34 |
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If you don't buy period, it is just as well a lost sale. If you download illegally they would think you'd never buy anyway, no matter what. They would think you wouldn't want to spend any money.
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01-18-2010, 07:12 AM | #35 |
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01-18-2010, 07:17 AM | #36 |
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The restriction is not based on your bank or credit card address. It's based on the country where you're located. It's just that most ebook merchants use your credit card address as a crude way of guessing your country of residence.
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01-18-2010, 07:29 AM | #37 |
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It is actually a very good and easy way for them, I wouldn't call it crude. Getting a credit card from a US bank with a US billing address is a real hassle for somebody who is not living in the US and who has no trustworthy friends or relatives there that can receive the bank mail.
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01-18-2010, 07:48 AM | #38 |
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*shrug* Just one more absurdity brought on by the insistence that the point of sale is somewhere other than the location of the seller. |
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Me? I buy it second hand. Which is actually *more* destructive to the author's revenues. And I'm a vindictive sob, no two ways about it - if I have to buy second hand, I'll keep right on doing it with that author for a few years before I even recheck ebook availability. (Of course, I often have their back catalogue by then if I like their works and they're SOL)
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Well, to be fair, it was a bit of a hassle, but only slightly more than the usual hassle anyone has in opening any bank account these days. And I suppose you could argue that the majority of non-US residents would never have the opportunity - or the reason - to open a US bank account. That's fair enough. All I'm saying is that the ownership of a credit card for a particular country is no proof of residence on that country. |
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The state of affairs is: "Sorry, I don't do A, because I'm not allowed to do B". A: Sell to people without a credit card issued in some country. B: Sell to people located in other countries at the moment of purchase. If they aren't allowed to do B, that's fair enough, but not doing A doesn't solve it at all (other than avoiding to be sued). |
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I can only talk for myself. And I have downloaded books that weren't available to me officially. I have also replaced those books when they did come available. |
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01-18-2010, 10:14 AM | #45 |
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Look, all I'm saying is that the geographic restrictions are not based on citizenship, are not based on where your bank is located, are not based on anything to do with credit cards. And as Jellby points out, they are not based on your country of residence. They are based entirely on where you happen to be at the time of the purchase.
I accept that, in practice, ebook merchants might use your credit card address rather than your physical location to try to determine if you are eligible to buy a particular title. That's entirely up to themselves. I'm neither defending nor criticising. I'm merely pointing out the basis for the geographical restrictions imposed by many publishers. |
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