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Originally Posted by HarryT
The publisher most certainly does want to sell you the book, but they cannot simply ignore the legally-binding contracts that prevent them from doing so. You can rightly say that such contracts have no placed in an internet-connected world, and you'd be right, but still they ARE there and cannot simply be ignored.
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Now I can finally understand the ACTA and all other efforts to combat piracy. It's a lot easier for them to take actions against the "pirates" than to address the problems with publisher-author contracts/global internet purchases/geo restrictions. And they can also make themselves look like saints in the process, even possibly make money in the courts from lawsuits that are in some cases possible because of their own actions. What a wonderful business model.