It's about Finland and has super illustrations, super text but there is that European copyright thing that forces me not to name the book, not to name the author, etc, but at least I can say it is great. Here is that restrictive text and I follow it here because this url is housed in Finland:
"Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other that that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser."
So if you are in Finland, you are forbidden to show a book to your children and can't show it to nieces and nephews. You cannot lend it to your neighbor to show to her kids. Unless of course you apply to the publisher on bended knee and if they are willing to condescend to your plea, maybe you can show the book but just once, mind you, just once.
It's laughable but now I know why a book I sent to a guy in jeppis was returned to me. I don't know why Finns abide a government which imposes itself on them so closely.
"Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other that that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser."
So if you are in Finland, you are forbidden to show a book to your children and can't show it to nieces and nephews. You cannot lend it to your neighbor to show to her kids. Unless of course you apply to the publisher on bended knee and if they are willing to condescend to your plea, maybe you can show the book but just once, mind you, just once.
It's laughable but now I know why a book I sent to a guy in jeppis was returned to me. I don't know why Finns abide a government which imposes itself on them so closely.
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