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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm sorry to disagree, but it's not "splitting hairs". If a publisher does not have the legal right to distribute an eBook outside the USA, because the author only assigned them the US rights to the book, then the blame for that lies squarely in the lap of the author.
This certainly isn't the reason for all geographical restrictions - eg B&N simply choose not to sell books to anyone outside the US - but it's certainly the primary reason that sites such as Amazon impose restrictions on particular books.
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I think it is exactly splitting hairs.
Surely you can see that offering contracts based on such as system that encourages geo restrictions is problematic and backward thinking in today's world?
An author simply wants to publish a book. If the publisher offered worldwide distribution of an ebook in the same way as a dead tree book, based on a newer more digital age distribution model then surely that is the way forward?
Contracts are offered to contractors based upon the current industry practice.
For the publishing industry that includes DRM and GR.