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Originally Posted by eppythacher
Apple is forced to sell their manuals in English and French to Canada ...
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Really? Doesn't Apple have the choice whether, or not, to sell its products in Canada? They may be required to supply their manuals in English and French, if that is the law there, but surely they aren't forced to do so unless they choose to sell their products there. Similarly, Amazon is free to choose whatever books it wants to sell. Shareholders might not like the way the company is being run, but that doesn't give non-shareholders the right to dictate to Amazon which books it does, or does not, sell. Nobody is forced to buy a book from Amazon, watch a film or view something on TV. People and companies are free to make choices. Isn't that part of what democracy is all about? But people also have responsibilities and some seem to have forgotten that there's an off switch, if not in reality then at least metaphorically speaking. If you don't like something then don't watch it, don't buy it, don't read it. Nobody is forcing anybody to do so. If authors are unable to get Amazon to sell their books, then they are free to look elsewhere for an alternative. Isn't that part of what a free market economy is all about?