The concept of balance induces me to bring to your attention an essay in yesterday's "Age" regarding the Parallel Import Restrictions. This essay, by Text publisher Michael Heyward, puts the opposite point to view to that offered by Allan Fels that I discussed yesterday. So why didn't I mention it then? I put it down to skipping over it due to the red film that had formed over my eyes.
Here is just one paragraph of interest:
Australian readers now have real choice about where to shop and how much to pay for a hugely diverse range of books. And under current law they can buy any book they want online even if there is an Australian edition available. Retailers can at any time order any book from anywhere at the request of the consumer. No bookseller in the US or Britain has this right.
There are more as you might expect.
