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Originally Posted by garbanzo
sorry, but this is utter crap. nobody is forcing anyone to do anything. the fact that you can't buy a particular luxury item that your heart desires does not justify going out and stealing it. it's like saying it's OK to buy drugs off the street because the government does not allow them to be sold commercially.
people pirate ebooks and everything else because they don't see any sense in paying pay for something when it can be acquired discretely and instantly from the comfort of their own home.
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Drugs are illegal, simple. Ebooks with GR are not illegal, they are publishers/booksellers being restrictive. Why can I buy X book locally here in Aus, or from overseas and have it shipped to my home but can't buy the ebook version because I live here in Australia?
In the situation of GR I am able and willing to buy the ebooks, credit card ready and account created but am refused sale. Its not like I am refused sale because the book is banned here, paperback is available. The demand for ebooks are there, and if supply isn't going to meet demand then people will inherently find a path that will satisfy that demand.
The music industry woke up to that fact, the movie industry has (remember region 1,2,3,4 etc DVDs and players in an attempt to restrict sales in certain regions, now I don't know if it is possible to buy a sole region 4 DVD player in Australia, they are all multi region).