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I know that US law and laws throughout Europe treat electronic media different then print media. That is why you can buy a paper book from Amazon US but not an Ebook. That is why I can buy a paper book from Amazon UK but not an e-book. I am assuming that Australia and other countries have similar laws in place.
Given that most people want to buy from Amazon US, due to the size of the book store, the US law is the relevant law.
I have no idea how the companies know if someone is in the US or overseas on their computers. I am assuming that a part of that is the address associated with a given account and the type of credit card. But I don't pretend to undertand the technical side.
For me arguing that you are going to pirate an e- book because publishers in the US won't see them to you in country X is silly. There are ways around geo restrictions that would allow you to buy the book from Amazon US (or Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sony and the like.) The author gets paid and it is easier for the Publisher to justify extending another contract to the author.
I understand pirating e-books that the Publisher has not made available when you own the paper copy. But pirating because of geo restrictions seems to be a stretch to me.
Not that my opinion means anything. I know that there are people who think that my rationale for pirating anything is BS.
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