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While I agree, the publisher should be providing books in every region they can, it's not as simple matter of the publisher saying "I hate China, let's make the

While I agree, the publisher should be providing books in every region they can, it's not as simple matter of the publisher saying "I hate China, let's make them wait for the new book cause I'm a jerk." It's a matter of if they print an edition there do they believe they can recoup the losses of printing it. Publishers are out to make money. Saying that there is nothing wrong with illegally downloading a book or whatever just because it isn't legally available in your area is rubbish. It's like saying having your friend in the US steal an Xbox from a store and ship it to you is ok because you can't legally buy one where you are. It's obviously not as simple as that, but it's just lame to rationalize breaking the law because you want to.

hellrich 16y ago
The stolen Xbox is gone, nobody can buy it. The Ebook can be downloaded no matter how many times someone does so without paying. I'm not sure about books, but at least for US movies/tv-series it can take quite an amount of time to be legally available in Europe. Even if they are available via Hulu inside the US! I understand the reason (earning money by selling licenses to foreign TV channels), but it surely encourages "stealing" the content by using nonofficial media-portals.
- docgnome 16y ago
  Even if it "encourages" it hardly justifies it. It is breaking the law, plain and simple. I'm rather tired of people shifting the blame to the content producers or publishers. If you're going to break the law, at least own up to it and don't try to shift the blame.
  - hellrich 16y ago
    I didn't want to talk about law, it's surely illegal. We could talk abbout ethics, I don't believe the current rules for IP are fair. But let's simply talk about business opportunities - as others have pointed out, you can make money with free downloads and a donation button. Or bundling some advertisment with your product. Static content (e.g. music, books, most games,...) can and will be pirated, whining won't stopp anyone.

hellrich 16y ago

The stolen Xbox is gone, nobody can buy it. The Ebook can be downloaded no matter how many times someone does so without paying. I'm not sure about books, but at least for US movies/tv-series it can take quite an amount of time to be legally available in Europe. Even if they are available via Hulu inside the US! I understand the reason (earning money by selling licenses to foreign TV channels), but it surely encourages "stealing" the content by using nonofficial media-portals.

docgnome 16y ago
Even if it "encourages" it hardly justifies it. It is breaking the law, plain and simple. I'm rather tired of people shifting the blame to the content producers or publishers. If you're going to break the law, at least own up to it and don't try to shift the blame.
- hellrich 16y ago
  I didn't want to talk about law, it's surely illegal. We could talk abbout ethics, I don't believe the current rules for IP are fair. But let's simply talk about business opportunities - as others have pointed out, you can make money with free downloads and a donation button. Or bundling some advertisment with your product. Static content (e.g. music, books, most games,...) can and will be pirated, whining won't stopp anyone.