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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think that it's a very bad thing. But it's not the publisher's fault - they have no choice in the matter. If you want to blame someone, blame the author for signing a geographically-restricted contract.
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It is also the publishers fault because they do not offer enough money for world wide rights to make it rational for an author to sell world wide rights to one publisher. I would say that it is mostly the publishers fault here. Why should the author choose an alternative that gives him less money?