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K. Molen · 09-07-2013, 04:58 PM

A few people have brought up the idea that it's not the person that's circumventing geographical restrictions in order to buy cheaper books that's immoral, but rather the practice of having different prices for different locations.

I can see this point, it seems discriminatory to a certain extent. I can see the publishers' point too, though... they're simply charging what the market will bare, standard capitalist practice. I think perhaps it's the nature of the internet and the eradication of traditional commerce borders that's making this not very clear cut, at least to my mind.

09-07-2013, 04:58 PM	#32
K. Molen Addict Posts: 284 Karma: 4478866 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kindle 3, iPad 3, Nexus 10, Nexus 5	A few people have brought up the idea that it's not the person that's circumventing geographical restrictions in order to buy cheaper books that's immoral, but rather the practice of having different prices for different locations. I can see this point, it seems discriminatory to a certain extent. I can see the publishers' point too, though... they're simply charging what the market will bare, standard capitalist practice. I think perhaps it's the nature of the internet and the eradication of traditional commerce borders that's making this not very clear cut, at least to my mind. Last edited by K. Molen; 09-07-2013 at 05:09 PM.