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Originally Posted by sabredog
Geo restrictions prevent readers from buying books they want to pay for. In the end they will consider getting a free copy.
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Well me personally I don't feel "acquiring" a free copy is unethical, though it certainly is illegal. It doesn't represent a lost sale as the publisher refused to sell it to you in the first place, so whether you download a copy or not the publisher (and author) has taken it upon themselves to miss out on a sale by means of geographic restrictions.
What I don't understand is why can't ebooks be sold globally, and at the end of the month when the book seller hands the money to the publishers they provide a list of which countries bought the ebooks and the publisher distributes appropriate monies to the local book distributor who has rights to the book in that country.