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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Deliberately restricting circulation is grounds for breach of contract, so..no.
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Actually that would depend entirely upon what is in the contract and whether what is in the contract was considered to be legal.
There is no legislation that would specifically prohibit restricting circulation that I am aware of. There are many varied and completely legal reasons why a publisher may restrict circulation. A similar case would be when one tv network poaches a rival networks star and then doesn't put them in any show for the term of their contract, thus diminishing their future pulling power and "star" status. In both cases the behaviour may be distasteful but it certainly isn't in breach of any contract unless the contract specifically disallows it.
But of course the reasons don't matter to the end result. If you would prefer to buy the authors books from a second hand shop that is entirely up to you and is a fair and resonable way of avoiding purchasing ebooks with DRM.
Cheers,
PKFFW