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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is totally incorrect. A book can be sold in whatever regions the contract between the author and the publisher says it can be sold in. The publisher may have world-wide publishing rights or it may have rights that are restricted to one or more specific countries. The publisher may have exclusive rights, or the author may be free to sell the book through other channels, too. These are not "unjust laws", but simply contractual obligations.
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Yes, but. With the current setup we end up with books that are available as paper books on the whole globe (thanks, amazon), but the e-book version is only available in the US. I think that is absurd. Digital content would be transferable without shipping cost, but shopping for digital content outside one's home country is made impossible.