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The problem I had with the Senator's original submission is that I didn't get a feeling that he understood what he was asking for.
I don't feel I'm qualified to make an intelligent submission to the ACCC on possible price-fixing or collusion specifically in the Australian e-book market, but when I read what the Senator posted, it seemed to me that he read somewhere about collusion and Apple and then started campaigning "for the people". Apple is well known in Australia so it makes them suitable for a big bad wolf role. It came across a little bonkers to me. |
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Basically the way it works is that if an Australian publisher (I think it applies to Australian imprints of foreign publishers) buys the rights to a book, then a shop in Australia can only sell the editions published by the Australian publisher. Hence higher prices when buying from Dymocks, A&R, your local bookshop. If a book is not published here then bookshops can buy the overseas editions, but from my understanding they go through certain distributors which seem to increase the price anyway. Which is why Book Depository and Amazon were so incredibly successful. ebooks are treated differently in one significant way - the point of sale of a print book is considered the location of the shop, whereas the point of sale of an ebook is considered the location of the buyer. So an individual in Australia buying a print book from Amazon.com (for example) is considered to be buying in the US, and can buy at US prices. An individual in Australia buying an ebook from Amazon.com is considered to be buying in Australia and is subject to Australian pricing and geo-restrictions. My opinion (IANAL!!) is that the US decision only impacts Australians to the extent that it would act as precedent in any similar case in Australia. However I am not aware of similar overt collusion actions occurring amongst Australian publishers so I doubt that a similar case would or could happen. Sorry for the long rant, it's one of my hot button issues even now that I am living in the land of cheap books! |
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But wait, there's more...
Parliamentary Committee recommends teaching consumers how to get around geo-blocking There's a link to the full report in the article. No, I haven't read all 146 pages. It's largely about software but it does also cover digital media including books. From the article: Quote:
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