tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5799431025824355589..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Government Intervention in the Publishing Industry: Say It Isn't True!Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-6001187959412991682012-06-15T22:24:38.907+01:002012-06-15T22:24:38.907+01:00Israel isn't the first country to fix book pri...Israel isn't the first country to fix book prices, and results in Europe seem to have been mixed: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/arts/24book.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin (login possibly required)<br /><br />I'm not sure state designation of cultural products is much of a novelty, either (although given Israel's role in the tussle over the Kafka manuscripts, I imagine this might prove quite lively). For example, one might say that the Waverly Criteria make a committee of the British State an arbiter of cultural importance with respect to exports, in turn routinely giving rise to market manipulations.Robert Seddonhttp://rfjseddon.net/log/noreply@blogger.com