MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Katsunami · 02-06-2012, 02:29 PM

ProfCrash: you are wrong. The law is *not* the problem. Some books are not available in the Netherlands, while other books, of the same author and publisher, are. Also, some books are introduced here only a year or more after they are released in the US and the UK. Same with some computer games. There is no law (not to my knowledge at least) that permits the release of only some books/games by an author/publisher while prohibiting others, nor is there a law to prevent a simultaneous release.

Edit: and for me, this is what causes piracy. Why should I be waiting a year or more (maybe forever) for my book or game, with no means of buying the goods? Or if I succeed in buying them, running the risk of being unable to use them because of geo restrictions and / or drm?

02-06-2012, 02:29 PM	#288
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	ProfCrash: you are wrong. The law is not the problem. Some books are not available in the Netherlands, while other books, of the same author and publisher, are. Also, some books are introduced here only a year or more after they are released in the US and the UK. Same with some computer games. There is no law (not to my knowledge at least) that permits the release of only some books/games by an author/publisher while prohibiting others, nor is there a law to prevent a simultaneous release. Edit: and for me, this is what causes piracy. Why should I be waiting a year or more (maybe forever) for my book or game, with no means of buying the goods? Or if I succeed in buying them, running the risk of being unable to use them because of geo restrictions and / or drm? Last edited by Katsunami; 02-06-2012 at 02:46 PM.