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I think that geographic restrictions and drm have an up-side. I try not to buy stuff with these restrictions. Hence if I really need the book I go to the used market and buy it cheap and save paper and no money for publishers, agents or authors.
Also I try to read new authors from sites that don't apply these restrictions so I help new authors and authors who balk at these practices.
Furthermore I believe the EU is looking into these restrictive practices(GLs) so those vendors who sell anywhere in Europe will have to sell in all EU countries.
Also these restrictions have increased the number of people reading the classics and reading in several languages. Incidentally the final irony must be publishers who insist on applying GLs to classics which are freely available in Gutenberg and any number of sites!
In the end the large publishers will loose market share to smaller outfits and the market will increase - a benefit for all of us.
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