Thread: Poll on obstacles to ebook buying
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Old 02-13-2010, 04:11 AM   #94
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Is it a criminal offence to "import" an ebook without paying VAT by fraudulently registering as a resident in the country of purchase?
I would think that would only be an issue if the vendor were set up to collect the VAT in the first place - most US stores aren't.

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I'm wondering if, in the eyes of the law, it's a worse crime to buy a book without paying VAT than to copy it off the darknets without paying anything.
Well, keeping in mind that Al Capone was finally imprisoned for the pernicious crime of...tax evasion? Quite possibly...
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