[zeb]

I am French, so I could read the text from the senate website.

Firstly, the law has not passed, it has only gone through the 1st vote at the senate, which is one of the numerous steps before a law is published and applied. The text has to go through the assembly and the senate another 2 times, where it can be heavily revised or even ditched entirely.

Secondly, this is not what I read. The article 5 stipulates that the editor can propose a commercial discount on the public price depending on some criteria, but the price should be fixed by the editor, like for paper books. Furthermore, article 5 bis says that the author should receive the same amount for an electronic sale than for a paper sale. There is no mention of the final price to the customer, only the fact that the author should get the same margin from the ditor whatever the support, electronic or paper. Very different from what the original article is claiming.