Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
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).
|
If they can't legally enforce the artificial contractual constructs they are worthless and nobody will pay anything for them. The Australian Parliament doesn't have to be concerned about what companies have written in their contracts.