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Old 02-11-2010, 03:22 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
Perhaps in Poland there is no respect for contracts, but in most of the Western world contracts are respected and publishers do not own worldwide rights. Publishers did not invent geo restrictions within the past year; geo restrictions have been part of publishing for decades. Authors preferred, and perhaps still do, to sell publishing rights to various publishers around the world so they can control their books and also get more money for selling of the rights.
I don't think that's what Pardoz meant. Anyone anywhere in the world can buy any published paper book (irrespective of rights) from Amazon in the US. The point is sale is deemed to be in the US. So why is an ebook different?
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