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Originally Posted by tompe
Yes, and so what? If the publisher accepts this check as enough than the check is there because of the geographic restrictions and the publishers demand in connection with that.
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OK, there are at least two viewpoints. One what you apparently mean. The publishers demand some actions from the seller, the seller does something that satisfies the publishers, everybody's happy (except the customers).
The other is trying to comply with distribution contracts. If, as I understand from what I've read here, publishers have rights to sell only in certain countries and the place where the sell takes place for ebooks is considered to be the place where the buyer is (at the moment of buying, I'd say), then asking for a US credit card has nothing to do with this. This is what I mean. If having a US credit card is a necessary and sufficient condition for buying an ebook, the rules are not what I (and most people here) understood.