GERMANY – BRUSSELS
March 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLA DEAL has been struck between the European Commission and the German publishing industry which will lift the threat of legal action by Brussels to fight collective embargoes imposed on book sales from foreign websites.Indeed, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V. (German publishers' and booksellers' association), publisher Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH and bookseller Koch, Neff & Oetinger GmbH have promised to cease opposing the legitimate sale of books to consumers via websites, even if the retailers do not follow the German book ...
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