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Originally Posted by stonetools
ONE publisher has such a restrction. Geo limits are a function of agreements with authors, usually. Also, some local governments may just not allow ebook lending outside their jurisdiction to non-local tax payers. You pays for what you gets.
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ONE publisher for now, but it's still a publisher restriction, and we don't know yet if it's going to be picked up by other publishers. Besides, you insisted that there was NO EVIDENCE of publishers restricting lending, when there clearly is.
Are you sure about the author agreement thing? Do most publishing contracts these days cover geographic distribution of ebooks inside the US? Internationally yes, but I've never heard of such a thing domestically.
And local tax policies have nothing to do with geo restrictions placed on ebooks by publishers.