"Not surprisingly, French publishers have come back at the Government with a degree of anger about this, saying they see no reason why the Government should dictate what they can charge for their products, and point out further, that as this law obviously can only be applied to ebooks sold in France, it will give their international competitors (Amazon, Barnes and Noble and all the myriad other online ebook sellers) an incredible advantage over the poor old French Publishers."
Confusion, despair, outrage, depression, resignation: all appropriate responses to government stupidity. Its France of course, so that kind of takes the issue into the Twilight Zone. Check out the Google translation of the Actualitte (a French opinion magazine) article on the issue. Its all a matter of champagne and butts.
In the interview published in The Tribune yesterday, Herve Gaymard stated that the legislation "the single price of digital books" was mandatory legislation. And primarily "for new players like Google and Amazon know what to expect. These are butt and went to face the resistance of French publishers, they are now obliged to negotiate."
With this law, it is not a negotiation will start. It's just a lock and a final grip by those who already control the market that develops. Sure, Amazon and Google know where they stand: they have even been the champagne.
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