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Originally Posted by Barcey
... and if the laws are changed the contracts will have to be changed.
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No they won't. The Australian Parliament can make whatever laws it wants to, but it has no impact on the contract between an author and publisher in another country. No government can dictate what happens in another country, unless some kind of international treaty or law is being violated, which doesn't appear to be the case here.
When it comes to ebooks, geographical restrictions are, more often than not, the result of restrictions imposed on publishers by the
author. Authors can often make more money by signing several single-country publishing contracts, than a single world-wide one (because they get a separate advance for each deal).