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Old 02-08-2014, 06:38 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
I really don't understand why this is in violation of Canadian law for Kobo, but not for Amazon. Kobo is no longer a Canadian company any more than Amazon is--it may have started as a Canadian company, but it's now owned by Rakuten, which is NOT a Canadian company. The Kobo division of Rakuten may have it's main office in Canada, but the company is incorporated in Japan, not Canada, and I would think Japanese law would prevail.

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Kobo remains a Canadian company--a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese company. See this Slash Gear article about it.
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