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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The problem is the government. If the laws were changed you could buy an e- book from Amazon US with ease. The law says that electronic media is purchased based on where you computer is but a paper book is purchased based on where the distributor If the author signed a contract with a different publisher then some of his books may be available and others may not be available. If the law was different it wouldn't matter who the Publisher was. If the e-book was available some place in the globe you would be able to buy it, just like a paper book.
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I was replying to Giggleton. For actual freedom of publishing copyright is a must, without it books that the author does want money for, will not be purchased. With copyright the author has the choice to have the book free or not.