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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
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.
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Not so. While individual states may enforce local minimum price laws in regards to books, they really can't do that when being sold from another state. This is a small problem with physical books, but an issue nevertheless (German books are sold to Hungary, say, at a discount and then re-imported). The "price fixing laws" only applies to in-country brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
So you're saying if a rights-holder pulls their book from the market, it is legal to pirate the pbook edition... but not the ebook.
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A bit drastic, perhaps, but that's what it boils down to, yes.