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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Yea, I don't know why{. . . }
My main point is that geo restrictions is a contract issue tied to business models rather than something that is tied to treaty or copyright law.
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are copyright law aspects.
Thus some books are copyright free in the UK but not in the US and others copyright free in the UK but not in the US. Life+50 and Life+70 countries are another obvious case.
The author or other rights holder is likely to oppose sales they don't get paid for.
Some authors do not wish to allow further publication. This is legal if they can retrieve the rights whether the reason is literary or business or both.