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Old 07-21-2009, 12:44 PM   #266
griffonwing
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That might work for uploads by individuals, GW, but in this case what appears to have happened is that a perfectly reputable publisher uploaded the book to Mobipocket, in a region where the book is is the public domain, not realising that Mobi feed their books to Amazon. It would be extremely difficult to guard against such things happening - Amazon cannot reasonably be expected to know who has the legal right to distribute a book in each country.
I agree with the MobiReference incident. But it would definitely keep the Ayn Rand debacle from happening again.

Maybe MobiRef could have multiple flags on their books, available for US, Aus, EU, etc.. Or better yet, since Amazon wants to go global, THEY need to have regional download options in place. It'll happen eventually, but right now, I don't see this going to end anytime soon.

I'm glad I don't have to deal with it.
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