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 >