Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
by netsharc on Sunday March 04, 2018 @10:05AM
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Now we're mixing up 2 issues... torrents of copyrighted content with German seeders, and e-books of copyrighted content (at least copyrighted in Germany) with a website provider.
They only go for German seeders because asking a foreign ISP for the address of someone who used a particular IP address at a particular date and time would probably get them the middle finger as a reply. In the case of PG, they know who is making the copyrighted content available in Germany, because PG has an address on their website.
And a German court said it's within their jurisdiction.
If you run a mirror with your contact information available, presumably they will contact you next.
They only go for German seeders because asking a foreign ISP for the address of someone who used a particular IP address at a particular date and time would probably get them the middle finger as a reply. In the case of PG, they know who is making the copyrighted content available in Germany, because PG has an address on their website.
And a German court said it's within their jurisdiction.
If you run a mirror with your contact information available, presumably they will contact you next.