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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I do not know about the contracts signed, but I do know that Mobipocket encourages independent use of their DRM. I assume that since the distribution rights are still sold on a national basis, Mobipocket bought the ones for France. Books on Board is based in the USA.
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At this point, I'm not so sure about the regional nature of MobiPocket's agreement. If they had, indeed, only contracted for French, or even European rights, I think they would at least make a token effort to look like they're limiting sales to that region.
Even with agreements being negotiated regionally, one of those regions is "world." Many US short fiction magazines are buying First North American Serial rights and First World Electronic rights as part of their standard contract. They're buying FWER so that they can post the items on their Web site.