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Originally Posted by HarryT
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Originally Posted by blunty
There is also an issue that I have not seen mentioned much of different ownership by country. A UK publisher will not necessarily have the right to sell in the US. This needs sorting before ebooks can take off, or the 'big boys' lawyers will be chasing the smaller publisher for an ebook bought online in a country they don't hold the rights for.
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But that doesn't appear to be an issue for online selling.
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I see what you're saying about Amazon (I've bought books from Amazon UK myself, when there was a 2 month lag between the UK and US release dates), but the best info we have is that this is precisely the issue that's keeping Sony Connect from moving into, say, Europe.