Thread: Amazon says 'will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms'
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Old 02-07-2010, 09:50 AM   #337
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Protectionism is implemented by government regulations. Voluntary contracts signed by companies is not protectionism. Publishers splitting the world in copyright territories is not protectionism.
You are making no sense again. Copyright Acts are government regulations! If there was no legal basis for it, it would have no effect.

They are NOT voluntary. If I open a US bookshop tomorrow and want to import Indian books, I cannot. That is INVOLUNTARY. I want to, and am prevented from doing so. That is a restraint of trade and reduces competition.
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