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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
The Orwell Kafuffle took place in 2009. Orwell died in 1950 so the books were copyright-free only in Life+50 countries such as Canada & Australia - the UK and the EU having traded up to Life+70
If someone runs a US publisher site which allows e-book sales world wide, can the UK publisher of the same book require them to install geographical restrictions on their servers?
If so, has this ever happened?
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That also happened in 2009, when eReader, Fictionwise, and various other ebook vendors suddenly stopped selling to people outside the United States. It may not have been at the foreign publishers' behest directly, but it was a requirement from the American publishers who were themselves aware of where they were licensed to sell their books.