ByronM - 2:12 pm on Jan 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

I don't think countries should change their laws just to support a company that received a run of luck and thinks it can dictate "competition" it deems fair while ignoring everyone else.

By that i mean bravo to France for being less in love with corporate greed and more involved with protecting local retailers in a fair market.

Not every company is a publicly funded company with billions in its purse to burn away the competition by offering incentives the locals can't compete against.

has absolutely nothing to do with long tail books or keeping them out of the market and everything to do with keeping that market fair.

France is after all protecting its own interest as any free nation should.