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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
If that is the case then why is it so many folks from outside the US are posting that they are using torrents instead of breaking the geo restrictions? The books are available, it is easy to do, it is free to do, and any one on this site can find out how to do it. So why are people pirating when there is an easy, free, well documented method of getting around them?
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Circumventing geo restrictions may work with ebooks and mp3's, but it doesn't work with dvd-movies or pbooks. Therefore, many people got used to pirating the stuff in a digital format. And while circumventing them is easy, torrenting is even easier; and you don't have to deal with drm.
Georestrictions are one of the most stupid things I ever came across in the entertainment industry. Why would you NOT want to allow some people to buy your product, even though they clearly want to? It's absurd, if you think about it.
*Grabs a tube of toothpaste*
"Where do you live Sir?"
- "I live in Jeffersonstreet, in Amsterdam."
"Sorry Sir.... In that case, you may not buy Prodent toothpaste, but you can buy this Elmex tube."
- "???"
It's absurd, I tell you.