From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:57:18 +0400
Hi All
I'm afraid I read through the original problem rather quickly before
suggesting my solution. I thought the problem was merely a technical issue
with the website or access system, and that is why I proposed a technical
solution.
I didn't realise that people were _intentionally_ being denied access
through some sort of legality. As a result, what I suggested would work,
but might not be legal, and so I apologize - I'm not in the habit of
suggesting people break the law.
Regards
Ken
Dr. Ken Masters
Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
Medical Education Unit
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
On 18 October 2012 00:26, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:44:44 +0400
>
> Hi: I'm not sure if your system allows for the use of a VPN. If so,
> access a VPN, re-route through a German city, and you're in business.
>
> Regards
>
> Ken
>
> Dr. Ken Masters
> Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
> Medical Education Unit
> College of Medicine & Health Sciences
> Sultan Qaboos University
> Sultanate of Oman
> E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2012 22:51, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:28:36 -0400
>>
>> It makes no sense until you look at the contractual history. I have
>> no idea what Hesse's contract says, but it likely grants rights only
>> to German in Germany. That would have been a print contract, for
>> which there has been on "upgrading" for ebooks without a new
>> negotiation with the author's estate.
>>
>> These problems make no sense and they will not go away simply because
>> they make no sense. They will persist for decades.
>>
>> The good news is that new books are being published with different
>> contracts, which are mostly global in orientation. Many, many
>> exceptions to this especially for English-language and
>> Spanish-language books.
>>
>> Joe Esposito
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:10 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:52:45 +0200
>> >
>> > I'd like to read Hesse's Glasperlenspiel on my iPad. Looks like it
>> > can't be done. Amazon.de won't sell it to me, nor will buch.de -- not
>> > for delivery to my country. Amazon says it's the publishers' fault.
>> > This means that Suhrkamp, who sells the print and e-book editions,
>> > will sell me the print through various dealers but not the e-book.
>> > Can this make sense?
>> >
>> > (Never mind the chatter on Internet sites that you can re-register
>> > your Kindle to Germany. Quite apart from the risks of relocating and
>> > then probably discovering that things you'd bought before won't work
>> > any more, there's the nuisance value of having to get a credible
>> > German address and likely a German credit card, etc., etc., etc. And
>> > the selection of German-language books purchasable through US Amazon
>> > is pathetic. Best solution I can think of is to suborn a German
>> > friend to purchase the non-Kindle format [pdf] e-book edition and then
>> > re-sell it to me -- legally?)
>> >
>> > I'd welcome either news how to achieve my goal or some explanation of
>> > how it can make sense in a globalized world not to sell books outside
>> > your own borders. As I understand the restrictions in print world,
>> > they depend on having the rights to sell in X country, where at least
>> > the publisher can make sure that the same artifact is available in as
>> > many countries as possible. But for now it appears that in-copyright
>> > German literature may be read electronically only in Germany. I have
>> > every reason to think that similar restrictions apply at other
>> > borders, in both directions. All sorts of higher order educational
>> > and cultural benefits flow from people being able to acquire "content"
>> > in different languages. Why would books be different?
>> >
>> > Jim O'Donnell
>
>
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