Kudos to Jeff for standing publicly against the French Union of Expensive Books and France's illiberal laws. He's reading from the book written by Virgin retail stores kept open on Sundays even if that means paying a fine. Just the cost of business in a communist country where Guaranteed Unemployment is a dogma supported by all political parties.

As an aside, you'll notice that laws that help companies collude against consumers with tools such as price fixing are just fine for the EU. I don't think Americans realize how bad European consumers have it.