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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
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.
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No, a shop can sell any book imported from across for any price they like. It's just Dutch paper books that have a set price. As everybody knows that electronic books aren't books...
And there's the crux of the problem. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" doesn't work for books. A physical item sales is not equal to a digital item sales. Which makes the digital book not a book.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I agree with you entirely, but distributors can't simply ignore their contractual obligations - they risk being taken to court if they do.
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What contractual obligation? That's the problem, they
don't have a contract. And you're not allowed to go somewhere else if you want to buy something electronic (but go ahead if you want that exact same product in a physical form!)