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Originally Posted by charleski
Stop blaming publishers for georestrictions! Authors do this because they make more money selling the book several times over than they would selling it only once, no matter how much a small number of readers may fume.
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It is still publisher's decision to sign such contracts. And I doubt most authors really make such decision by themselves without advice of publishers and agents. Most authors are lucky to be published at all and it is publishers and other lawyers who are more influential and set the terms.
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I've no idea what you think this has got to do with socialism, and I don't think you do either. This is about people making a buck, and increasing the amount of income they receive from a work. Please show me the section in Das Kapital that deals with maximising your return from an investment.
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Georestrictions on ebooks can never maximize ROI unless there are certain intermediaries who distort the market. Georestrictions on digital products are ridiculous as it only increases piracy and diminishes sales. But that's not my biggest concern. It is the fact that some policy makers think that it is a good idea to decide what certain geographic groups can or cannot read for whatever reason.