> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martijn Bouman > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:08 AM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: RE: Something about the release that bugs me. > > Here is a funny thing. > > I jut got the book from Amazon.com. Yes, You read it correct. Amazon.com. > > My kindle for pc is registered at amazon.com. amazon.co.uk directs me there > when i try to download from them as they say Im not allowed to download the > book other then from UK. > > Now, in amazon.com, i go to Manage my kindle, click the button, ive > moved....Change my adress tos ome UK adress, and instead Of showing me the > you cant buy till march 18 or something, i twill happily let me buy the book, > and sync to my PC. > > So, 2 mins later, ive moved again, and i live in Holland again.... > > Here you can see the stupidity of the system....Its just plain stupid that i > have to go trough these steps, to let me download and read a book. > While, at the same time, they cant even check for real where i am from.... > > God i hate publishers who think up things like that. > > Well, i got the book now, paid for it so everyone happy, except that next > year i probably have to move again to the UK for 2 minutes. >
Not so much that publishers intentionally create these road blocks - as there are contracts and copyright laws and the enforcement there of. Electronics and the internet have broken down many barriers and borders. The laws have not kept up with that changing face and in fact their first reaction like any luddite is to try and prevent it or micromanage it - rather than say hmmm - the world is changing, how do we take advantage of that and get ahead of the curb (ACTA, PIPA, SOPA, ETC. all regressive acts that seek to criminalize technological advances, rather than seek a way to embrace them.). So, be grateful for the fact that you can so simply get around this - and hope that someday it won't be needed. Protectionism is always a bad thing in the long run, but that does not stop those who are in power and have money from continually trying to enforce it.
