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JSWolf · 11-25-2017, 03:40 PM

Geo-restrictions can lead to piracy. Some people try to legally purchase an eBook and find it's available, just not to them because of where they live. So they go try to find it and they find it plus other eBooks and it goes from there.

I know there are ways around these restrictions, but you have to know them and piracy is a lot easier if you don't know the ways around geo-restrictions. Imagine you are reading a series where the book you've read ends in a way that to finish the story arc, you need the next book. You go to Amazon, Kobo, Google, or Apple and try to buy it. You cannot find it. You then look up online to see if it's an eBook and it is. You then find at some eBookstore and it's not available for you to purchase. You then search again and find it. You click the link and go to a site where you can get it for free. That's the start.

11-25-2017, 03:40 PM	#209
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,143 Karma: 148951761 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Geo-restrictions can lead to piracy. Some people try to legally purchase an eBook and find it's available, just not to them because of where they live. So they go try to find it and they find it plus other eBooks and it goes from there. I know there are ways around these restrictions, but you have to know them and piracy is a lot easier if you don't know the ways around geo-restrictions. Imagine you are reading a series where the book you've read ends in a way that to finish the story arc, you need the next book. You go to Amazon, Kobo, Google, or Apple and try to buy it. You cannot find it. You then look up online to see if it's an eBook and it is. You then find at some eBookstore and it's not available for you to purchase. You then search again and find it. You click the link and go to a site where you can get it for free. That's the start. Last edited by JSWolf; 11-25-2017 at 03:46 PM.