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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nobody's been prosecuted in the UK under the Obscene Publication Act for purely textual material for something like 30 years, so that's a bit of a red herring. The stores are taking down material because it violates their terms of service, and is bad for business, not because it's illegal.
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And because the size of that business in actual coin doesn't amount to much in the first place.
(If it were significant money at stake, they might be singing a different tune.)
I ran a quickie back-of-the envelope calculation that suggests WH Smith (total) indie ebook net revenue might (barely) hit six figures. Not the kind of money to go to war for.