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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
If I would do that, I'd never been able to buy a Dutch book. We've a fixed bookprice. I don't know any better than that the publisher sets the price.
For me, it's not so much the price but rather the fact that I simply am not allowed to buy at all. If I want to read a book, I'm willing to pay the price asked. If I can buy it somewhere.
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Good point, the equivalents around the world of the Net Book Agreement (Government mandated terms where the list price either can't be discounted or discounted only by a small percent only).
Theoretically, at least, by popular demand of the people (technically the government works for the people, although it more and more appears the other way around) to keep small/local booksellers in business.
Ending geo-restrictions would actually be illegal in these countries as it would contravene these laws if anyone could sell cross-border at any price they chose.