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Originally Posted by Sonist
Dude! Amazon sells globally and it's simply complying with the rights granted to it by the authors/publishers and with the various local laws under which it must operate.
What do you want them to do? Sell without authorization and get sued in multiple jurisdictions?
Do you really think they are happy to lose sales to local outfits, just so they can piss you personally off, and just so they can "support this outdated model?"
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It is not about some jurisdictions forbidding to sell certain books (Main Kamf, for example). It is about publishers artificially restricting rights and signing georestricted contracts between themselves.
I would expect Amazon to announce such practice as deeply flawed and unethical. Make protests and sometimes even stop carrying such books at all. And put links where readers can complain directly.
Or at least make a statement about georestrictions.
Amazon have no problem pulling out legal books that they consider unethical or at least not popularizing them (excluding them from top lists etc.). They have even been boycotting publishers for some time to fight for their principles. Georestrictions while legal are very unethical regarding world society's right to read that is even than business or legal norms. Amazon's complete silence means either ignorance or tacit approval.