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Originally Posted by taustin
That's what I said.
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You said it was about importing books to sell in violation of another country's laws. It was much broader than that; the copyright laws of Thailand weren't being violated, and the publishers were trying to claim that U.S. copyright laws were being violated when someone went to another country, bought works there
at retail price, and brought them here to sell.
There may be import fees/duties required for such content, but until a couple of very recent cases, nobody questioned whether it was legal to make the sales. It generally wasn't worth the effort--retail markup and shipping costs made the profit margin low; for a long time, it was only worth bothering for novelties. Until major portions of U.S. manufacturing were moved overseas, it was never cheaper to buy there and bring here.