Actually I would think that it could be argued that Amazon isn't physically selling the book on Australian soil if you think about it. The book was put up for sale in cyberspace which technically has no national boundaries applied to it as it doesn't exist within the material world. The end user however does so he/she would be responsible for the media crossing over into the national boarders of Australia. The book itself would still be immaterial in nature (being a kindle file) but it would be stored in a physical location (the hard drive of the computer it was downloaded to or the memory of the Kindle device). The net is everywhere and yet no where, but the hard drive of a single computer, or the memory of a Kindle device has a physical existance. That's how it works with Geographical restrictions as well isn't it? A person can see a book they want to buy and things look good for downloading it, but then the internet gateway (or something) picks up the info. that the end user's computer or Kindle is in a part of the world where book X can't currently be sold.
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Originally Posted by Pushka
In Australia, giving someone instructions about how to commit a criminal act, is a criminal act also. You merely have to instruct someone, you don't have to actually do it. This is particularly in reference to violent crimes, and abuse against children. If amazon sold this book into Australia then Amazon may have committed an illegal act here.
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