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- abalone 9y ago> A Court in Germany ordered that access to certain items in the Project Gutenberg collection are blocked from Germany... until the issue is resolved during appeal, [Project Gutenberg] will comply. This is really misleading. It implies -- nay, outright states -- that Gutenberg is merely complying with the court order. But the court did not order the entire site to be blocked. A more candid answer is found in their information page:[1] Q: Why block all of Germany, rather than just those 18 books? A: ...Because the German Court has overstepped its jurisdiction, and allowed the world's largest publishing group to bully Project Gutenberg for these 18 books, there is every reason to think that this will keep happening... Blocking Germany, in an effort to forestall further legal actions, seems the best way to protect the organization and retain focus on its mission. [1] https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html
- obastani 9y agoI thought it was pretty clear. They specifically say "certain items" were to be blocked, not the entire website.
- MarkMc 9y agoI disagree - it's not at all clear. Most people reading the statement would assume that the book they were trying to access was among the 'certain items' blocked by the court.
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- smichel17 9y agoI'm currently in Germany. The notice appears when trying to access any part of the catalog, even the search. Thus, I don't think this is an issue.
- BlackFingolfin 9y agoIt also appears for the URL they give in the FAQ for donations :-(
- mcguire 9y agoPrededents. Further lawsuits against PG for any of the other German texts could bankrupt the organization.
- simcop2387 9y agoThis is answered in the FAQ at the bottom of the article. Essentially because this sets a precedent that Germany believes it can sue over anything in the german language and other items in the library might potentially cause the same kind of lawsuit it's better to just block everything instead.
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