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Prohibition of popular products creates thriving black markets.
Finding and publishing work-arounds is one approach. And perhaps some of us can facilitate. But, it really is easier to find an illicit copy than go through the process of buying a legitimate copy through a deceitful process.
The idea of geographic restrictions for an electronically delivered service is a doomed idea. The industry is force fitting an archaic model on a new world.
The other thing we could do is suggest some minor changes. For example, one minor change to the eBook selling procedure could eliminate a bit of stupidity:
If the eBook being sold is geographically restricted from the country the buyer is in, then check the language of the book to the languages of the country the buyer is in. If they DON'T match then sell the book anyway.
As in the prior post, there will not be a big enough market for English language eBooks in Denmark to warrant market development. The same is true in Japan, Spain, The Netherlands, and Mexico - all places where prior posters have complained. eBooks particularly suit the ex-patriot community. There is NO market to protect. Don't encourage more black markets.
I know this is but a stop-gap measure. Should the industry accept this idea?
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