Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
by Tomte on Sunday March 04, 2018 @12:42AM
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You don‘t want to tell me that a US court would show any restraint if a non-US based person violated American copyright?
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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
by mcguire on Sunday March 04, 2018 @01:50PM
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For many years, China felt no urge to follow international copyright agreements. It was popular in certain circles to buy pirated Chinese editions (in English) of textbooks because they were very cheap.
Likewise, Microsoft has long had problems with pirated versions of Windows. Further, DVDs and CDs....
The general response from US courts was, "eh, what can we do?"
Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
by thomastjeffery on Monday March 05, 2018 @12:59AM
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US rightsholders have been seriously abusing copyright outside of US borders. I personally am not okay with it.
If Germany's laws must be applied to a US business, then the US is prima facie not sovereign.