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Originally Posted by sianon
It could possibly be construed as smuggling given you are purchasing a product that is not legally available in your country of residence. Although smuggling was used historically as a means to deprive the government of it's taxes and thus the high penalties.
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That may be true if you live in Singapore and Saudi Arabia or one of those other places with stringent censorship rules. Or for the tax hungry European countries. But then you would be guilty of smuggling even when you bought it while living in the US and then brought it in on your computer or reader when you moved there. In fact, you would even be guilty of smuggling if there were no regional restrictions from the US side for buying there! But for most countries, they couldn't care less.
Besides, following your train of thought, wouldn't you be guilty of smuggling stolen goods for downloading a pirated file?