Should the prices of books be regulated by law?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote was about whether to implement a law that would regulate book prices in Switzerland. The proposal was rejected, with 43.92% voting in favor.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/559.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=559
Vote date: 2012-03-11
Original Swissvotes English title: Book price regulation Act
Original German title: Gesetz über die Buchpreisbindung
Swissvotes short-description title: Preisregulierung für das 'Kulturgut' Buch kommt nicht zurück
Original French title: Loi sur la réglementation du prix du livre
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/36543
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20120311.prop_oui_559_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20120311.prop_oui_559_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=559