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Originally Posted by ShellShock
however the link between increased geo restrictions and increased piracy is likely to be very difficult to prove.
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I only started to look into the darknet when I could not buy the books I wanted because of geo restrictions.
Personally I think this will have a profound extreme long term effect - once you did look into danknet you see other stuff as well.
In Gemany we have a proverb about the man who saws off the branch he sits on. I like to point out that you can't glue the branch back on once you fell off.
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Originally Posted by Alisa
On a side note, I'm saddened to see so much spite against Americans here. In general, Americans on this board have been against geographical restrictions as much as anyone else.
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I am not against Americans - who patronise this board. However - for a while I was very active on the Mobipocket boards. And there you meet a different kind of American. I call them the "
Posts: 1 - Kindle owners". The Kindle owners who post on Mobipocket tend to let no harm come to there flawless Amazon-Miracle-Device. Much like Apple-fanboys
(here's a critical Mac user speaking).
So unlike aceflor I am full of Schadenfreude - but only against a very specific group of Americans / Kindle owners.
Martin
Clarification: "
Post: 1" users in my book are those who never ever make a 2nd post.