Raising shields against Amazon
This Tuesday, Aug. 12, in the newspaper Le Monde, Aurélie Filippetti railed against the “unspeakable practices” of Amazon . The Minister of Culture is indeed back on the latest developments in the trade dispute between the giant e-commerce published by Hachette. Since the spring, the hexagonal publisher accuses the group founded by Jeff Bezos its anti-competitive practices in the distribution of digital books. The conflict has now taken a political turn when the group founded by Jeff Bezos was able to counter in the eyes of the only tenant in the Rue de Valois, particularly tied to the economic health of the ecosystem of the book.
Amazon: Abuse of dominant position
In May, Aurélie Filippetti had compared Amazon to the “blackmail” practices. Yesterday, the lexical field proved much more violent: the Minister of Culture likens the disclosure of the email the boss of Hachette USA address to a “new revelation unspeakable Amazon and anticompetitive practices.” Disclaiming any economic patriotism, minister says support the initiative of 900 authors who published an open letter to denounce the practices of e-commerce giant.
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