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What about the publisher, who took on legal risk publishing Snowden's book? If they don't make money, there is no incentive to publish this sort of book in the future.

Will the publisher get any of the money, even if people bought the book?

The ruling names his publishers as "parties necessary to accord relief, but [the US Gov] has not asserted independent claims against them". So if I'm parsing that right (IANAL), the publishers are required to remit Snowden's share to the government, but the ruling doesn't appear to require the publishers themselves to forfeit their own revenues/profits.

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Donate money to them.

This is the standard model for DRM shenanigans, works well here too.

What happens if you buy the book outside of the US?

Isn't it a non-US publisher? Those of us who bought the book outside of USA, surely that money is out of reach?