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Hi Mike
When you say that geographic restrictions apply equally to ebooks and traditional books, is this something you know? I believe from earlier threads on MR, that it is not so. If I travel to London, I can go into a bookstore and buy any printed book they have. As far as I know, I am not sure but almost so, I can also order order a book from a London bookstore from back home, and have the friendly postman deliver it to my door in Denmark. I don't believe any geographic restrictions apply. It doesn't matter if a danish publisher holds the rights to sell a danish translation in Denmark, since I ordered it in London.
Please explain how it protects the author of a book, to prevent me from buying a copy of her book in an english bookstore, while allowing me to buy a danish translation of the book. It sounds more like battle between publishers.
In an earlier thread, I have read that when I buy a printed book from Denmark in an english bookshop, the point of the sale is in England. When I buy an ebook, the point of the sale is at my computer.
finallly the thing about "technicalities made up by lawyers or lawmakers who spend too much time creating problems for other people.", I put a "To my mind" in front of it, to indicate that it is an opinion, not a fact.
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