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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
The problem is pretty new, so it can't be "relics" from old contracts
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No, it really is because of contract issues.
The role EU Governments have had is to declare that the point of sale of "digitally delivered" goods is the location of the person buying the goods. This happened back in 2001-2003.
And then it took a while for UK publishers to realise that this meant their exclusive sales rights were being infringed and to threaten US publishers.
There's no way the EU is going to reverse the decision on point of sale, so the only way to avoid the problem is for new contracts for ebooks to not contain regional restrictions, and for old contracts to be renegotiated.