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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
So how is the point of sale different when I press a button on my computer in Australia to buy a paper book available from Amazon in the US and when I press a button on my computer in Australia to buy an e-book available from Amazon in the US?
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I'm not a lawyer but judging by how this works for other things, I'd say it is because everybody has ancient laws which were never intended to cover such things as digital purchases. Your eBook purchase comes under some other law which isn't the same one which governs pBook purchases.
This is unfortunately the reason why we get charged tax for eBooks in the UK but no tax for pBooks as the laws differ.