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Old 08-09-2010, 09:09 AM   #106
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Your annoyance is a little misdirected. Sony and Apple - yes, they have georestricted sites - but Amazon do not. Anyone can buy eBooks from Amazon.com; if there are georestrictions on Amazon books they are specified by the supplier of the book, not by Amazon.

The ultimate blame has to be assigned to authors for signing country-specific distribution contracts, rather than assigning world-wide rights to a single publisher. If a publisher only has distribution rights for a specific country or region, then they cannot legally sell outside that.
I wasn't blaming the retailers for the geo restrictions, my intent was to point out that they don't have a strong motivation to fix it. It's not the fault of a single party and I really don't care whose fault it is. It's something that can be easily fixed in future contracts but it takes recognition that it is a problem and can't continue.
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