Thread: Piracy is necessary and doesn't hurt revenues
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Old 07-28-2014, 05:32 PM   #321
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
Regional restrictions were in place a long time before the internet. The intent was for a publisher to be able to sell printing rights in other countries/regions. The restrictions ensured the foreign publisher of an exclusive market in their region. This allowed more books to be more widely available in foreign markets, not making them scarcer. pricing depended on the market in the country the books were published in and wasn't cranked up AFAIK for foreign books.

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It doesn't really matter how long they have been around or why they were put in place in the first place. What matters today is what effect they have today.

Today they are nothing more than a tool to create artificial scarcity. At least in the realm of digital content.
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