Totally agree that bulk of the copywrite laws are unreasonable and unfit for the digital age. However, for me more interesting question is why they even went in

Totally agree that bulk of the copywrite laws are unreasonable and unfit for the digital age. However, for me more interesting question is why they even went into the German court. In theory Germany could issue international warrant, but I doubt if they do it for minor cases, think of e.g. Snowden, Assange and Polanski cases. So at most they could have ordered blockage of the site/IP in their side, as long as book-specific ban is probably technically not doable. Also they may blacklist the offending persons from entering Germany/EU. Maybe US lawyers just saw big case with revenue and gave 'good' advice to go to the fight? So if someone sues me due to this post, then good luck with that, unless you figure out where I am.