http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17685120
Interesting conclusion at the bottom of the article.
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Amazon was barred from offering free delivery on books in France in 2007 because of this law, as booksellers said this amounted to an illegal subsidy.
This Lang Law was extended to cover e-books in 2011.
Germany and some Scandinavian nations also have some form of price fixing on their books, so there is the possibility that the Commission will be more tolerant of the agency model.
This could lead to a different set of prices for e-books in Europe and the US, if both authorities come to different conclusions.
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So it is possible that more and more Europeans might be morally and ethically challenged with the question of paying the full price of an e-book in Europe or finding a way around the system and buying from the US.