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Originally Posted by sabredog
when the Agency 5 restrictions came into play last year I was suddenly geographically restricted from titles I had purchased from both diesel and Fictionwise. The total cost was well over AU$120 spread over the two estores, though the majority was at Diesel.
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The geo restrictions are indeed annoying. I went looking for At Swim-Two-Birds a couple of days ago. I have a pbook copy but want it for my EBR. One seller, in England. So I went to buy a copy. No can do, being outside the geo.
Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to the darknet we go. I was willing to pay for this book twice over, but the publisher evidently doesn't want any more of my money.
So...I should be concerned about the "morality" of the darknet? If a publisher has the book, but won't sell it to me, he is misusing and has therefore morally abandoned the protection of copyright.
Likewise with a store that withdraws your access to a book you paid for, on grounds of geography. Even if they refund you the money.
No one who asks for the law to protect their business of selling books should be allowed to refuse to sell those books, or restrict where, when or on what the books may be read.
