In this case Project Gutenberg blocked German IP ranges to try to avoid legal issues (and since they wanted to make a point didn't only block the material under

In this case Project Gutenberg blocked German IP ranges to try to avoid legal issues (and since they wanted to make a point didn't only block the material under debate but their entire site). That overblocking approach seems to be what they changed now in favor of a targeted block of just Thomas Mann's work or whatever it is the German publishers have been complaining about. Why would a torrent site do the same?