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Originally Posted by Hellmark
I know georestrictions aren't liked, but I am surprised there is not more debate on the matter.
Personally, I find it silly. I can order the paper book from anywhere I want, why prevent me from buying the ebook from anywhere I want. I shouldn't have to pretend to be a citizen of another country just to buy something.
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Georestrictions are a holdover from a physical book distribution system, and it made perfect (well mostly perfect) sense with physical books. But the publishers, especially those in more conservative or less savvy countries, can't figure out what to do about ebooks, and don't want to lose their shirts to other countries' forward thinking, so they are essentially holding up the gravy train by not cooperating in a global effort to work out new legal/contractual agreements.
I don't have a problem circumventing georestrictions, if it is the only way to get a book. I wouldn't do it just to save money, personally, but I wouldn't speak ill of someone who did. Eventually this problem will be worked out (just as the original geographic agreements were eventually settled), and this will be just another passed speed-bump on the road to an ebook future.