Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
by jhasse on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:10PM
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That's why the reasoning of the court went beyond "It's an international website".
Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
by Zak on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:23PM
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But it did not use reasoning that courts in most other parts of the world accept, including the US coults it would have to ask to enforce its judgement in the absence of voluntary compliance.
PGLAF appears to be complying because it wants to win an appeal in German court, which might be compromised by ignoring the ruling of a lower German court. If PGLAF decided to ignore the ruling, there would likely be no consequences.
That doesn't make them subject to the laws of every country. Most legal systems do not accept the standard the German court used and require a more significant physical, legal or economic connection to a country before a website may be subject to its laws.