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Old 07-12-2007, 01:33 PM   #208
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Originally Posted by Arek_W View Post
The only thing I do not get is why dont they sell this product outside of the US as 50% of world wide hacking & cracking & copyright problems come from the States . Taking into account EU prices + VAT (22%) they could make a serious amount of money here.
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It's an issue with book distribution rights -- Sony doesn't have them worldwide, and having a Reader is equivalent to having access to their books (especially with the credits), so they're showing "due diligence" by not selling the Reader where they aren't allowed to distribute books.

I anticipate that it will change in the future, but it will likely take a while. I really expected Canadian availability to be in place by now.
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