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Originally Posted by JSWolf
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.
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If they are paying the copyright owner for it, then it isn't piracy. Bypassing geo-restrictions is more along the lines of contract violations, though the actual contract is between the copyright holder and the merchant. If you violate geo-restrictions, I think the worst than can happen to you is the merchant can refuse to do business with you in the future.