Re: International E-book Sales Restrictions Explained

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:54 PM, joseph harris <[email protected]>wrote:


> It is also quite critical to understand that each nation, while
> observing the spirit of the Berne Convention [since we are talking about
> copyright] passes its own laws. There are, therefore quite important
> legal considerations for some books. When it comes to print books, which
> Chris Meadows used as comparison, His claim and implication were quite
> wrong. Geographical limitations do exist on sales of print books, at the
> choice of the rights holder. And you and he miss an important point
> here; no publisher, or self-published author, will willingly impose any
> limitation that is not necessary. They want the biggest sales possible.
> Any restriction is likely to be for very good reason.


I'd just like to point out here that, as I pointed out in the article, I
was quoting/paraphrasing Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor for Tor books with
decades of experience in the publishing industry. The comparison between
print and e-books was his. (Though I will confess I didn't see any problems
with it. The doctrine of first sale means that once someone has bought a
physical good, he can then do whatever he wants to with it, including
selling it overseas.)

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