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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Yes, you can buy anything, anywhere. What may differ depending upon where you are is who you may buy it from.
Different companies in different countries around the world will have the rights to offer different products. Those rights have value, as they mean you are the exclusive source for something in your area, and they may be expensive to obtain, arduous to keep, and jealously guarded, because they may be the reason you're in business in the first place.
In the case of ebooks, there will be pressure to enforce the same rights currently in place for physical books. Different publishers will have the rights for different titles in different areas, and will try to enforce those rights regardless of whether the book is electronic or paper. Having exclusive rights to various things in their area is how they make their living.
Suggest to them they shouldn't have exclusive rights, and should in consequence possibly go out of business. Just don't expect a polite response.
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Dennis
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If they want to have exclusive rights, it needs to be
for the whole world. Otherwise, current reality is going to cause them to fail. If I want to buy a copy of book XYZ, I can look over all the sellers in the world, not just the sellers in a limited region. (such as the US or UK) I can buy the product on the best terms I can find (depending on how
I define terms, not a companies' obsolete business model). If it's cheaper in the UK, I'll buy it there. If it's cheaper in the US, I'll buy it here. Every copy of XYZ is
in competition with each other for my purchase dollar. If a publisher exists due to a business model that doesn't match this
reality, then they deserve to fail. Nor am I pirating the book, I'm buy a legitimate copy of the book at the lowest possible price. And that's both legal and moral.