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Originally Posted by asjogren
Something to think about concerning Geographic issues:
Corporations travel the world to get the lowest prices on:
- labor
- materials
- taxes
- regulation
If it OK for a US company to relocate to Mexico for these reasons, and then close the Mexican operation and move to China just a few years later...
Why do we put up with these geographic barriers for eBooks? Some may think it wrong - almost to the point of piracy to circumvent the barriers the publishers, distributors, and vendors construct.
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As consumers, we have as little say over the geographic restrictions on books as we have over where a company locates its plants. That is, we can influence them by our buying power but can't truly control them without restricting freedom. And, IMO, once you say it's OK to restrict the freedom of others you've inevitably said it's OK for others to restrict your own freedom. Not a path I'm willing to take.
If you're an author or publisher then you *don't* need to put up with geographic restrictions on your books-but those are the two groups that I hear complaining about them the least.