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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Except it isn't a tax issue--it's who gets the money for the book on the publisher's part.
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Motivations for laws are hard to determine, but IMO the 'rationale' behind this law (if I can use such a word for something that I personally consider irrational) is the tax issue. I'm sure that publishers are also lobbying politicians regarding the law, based on who gets compensated for the sale, but the law was determined before geographic restrictions were imposed on ebooks. (I think-first I heard of GR was less than a year ago. I know that the GR existed in contracts, but I never heard of publishers insisting they be honored on ebooks before then.)
So, again JMHO, I think the law was based on pressure from the states, particularly those who collect sales tax from Internet sales.