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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Those "geo-restrictions" are so relaxed on purpose because the retailers do want to sell to us, they are just going through the motions to avoid being sued. So the only one that got hurt is the publisher in the country where the buyer is located --- in my case there usually is no publisher for the English version. Geo-restrictions are a contractual matter between the retailer and the author/publisher, they don't concern me. I get the books and pay for them. End of story.
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And that is capitalism, no?
Globalisation means get the best deal wherever. That is what they have been teaching us for some time now, these oligopolist types. ;-)