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Originally Posted by kahm
There's a very simple answer for that one. Sony wants to tie the reader to their online store (Kind of like Apple iTunes/iPod). They only have negotiated rights to sell eBooks from their store for the USA. Since they're only allowed to sell books in the USA, and they don't want to sell readers to anyone who can't buy their books, they therefore don't sell the reader in other markets.
Simple, right?
grumblegrumblemoancomplainFrickenSonygrumblegrumbl egrumble <- I live in Canada  |
Nice to hear from a compatriot!
Laws concerning publication rights vary from country to country. Research has to be done by lawyers for compliance.
Personally, having been burned numerous times by faulty unwarrantied devices, I'm waiting for the product to migrate. Sony beeing universal it has to do so soon. Internet is notorious for being a bypass over laws, Sony wanting to use them to maintain a proprietary market will totally abide by them, whatever they are...