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Originally Posted by Yapyap
Whom do I hurt when I occasionally pretend to be an American in order to buy an ebook that is available to Americans but not to me? Do I hurt the author by giving her money? Do I hurt the publisher of the ebook by giving them money? Do I hurt the bookshop where I'm buying it from by giving them money?
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You make it less likely that it will be a locale edition of the book that people can buy without circumvent computer checks. So you are in that sense hurting local publishers and local people that do not know how to buy the books they want to read.