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Originally Posted by wallcraft
Does this mean that the ebook retailer is assumed to be exporting the ebook? If I click on a download link this seems to be me as an individual importing the file. How about if my credit card is from (say) the UK, but I download from (say) FictionWise to a US server and then with a 2nd click download it to the UK? Is FictionWise still exporting to the UK?
Most of the sites that restrict sales seem to do it based on credit card address, not the actual "delivery" location.
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In the case of ebooks.com (the site which I started this posting about), the only check is at the time of pressing the 'order book', and it is using the IP address of your connection to work out the geographical location, to disable the purchase button. There are no checks on the use of UK credit cards, or address, just at the time of pressing the order button.