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Old 06-12-2015, 12:01 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by MikeB1972 View Post
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.
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 View Post
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.
A bit drastic, perhaps, but that's what it boils down to, yes.

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