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Originally Posted by DNSB
Why do you say the book was pirated? The supplier could easily still have access under their contract with whomever is the publisher of record in that part of the world? It might get a bit squiffy when it comes to geo-location but that has not had a real court test when it comes to ebooks.
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No, once copyright is reverted, it means that nobody can distribute (free of charge or for money) the work without infringing copyright. The copyright holder has to give permission. The seller may argue that the publisher did not notify them about losing the right to publish.
What other shenanigans went on is still a little bit grey (I don't want to know about them, and some might still be illegal). We won't know the exact circumstances (Hitch would be smart to not elaborate beyond what she already said) - it was my assumption that the reverting of rights included world wide publishing rights.