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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by Mindwipe on Sunday March 04, 2018 @05:11AM (#16514062)
I have to be blunt here, whomever is giving PGLAF legal advice here almost certainly did not advise that last paragraph, because there is abundant precedent that it's incorrect.

In addition, EU copyright harmonisation means that the publisher would succeed in this case in every country in the EU (or just getting the judgement from the German court carried up to the European court). Will PGLAF block the entire EU when that happens?

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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by _Microft on Sunday March 04, 2018 @05:11PM (#16517091)
The reaction of blocking access to all of Project Gutenberg only for german users and not for european user strongly suggests rather a kneejerk reaction/retaliation than an abundance of caution on their part.
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