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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by _Microft on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:54PM (#16517013)
> However in this instance I think of it as a contribution against publishers (ab)using the justice system

Enforcing that Project Gutenberg actually respects german copyright law when offering service to german users is abusing the justice system? That's a surprising interpretation of these events, in my opinion.

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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by UncleEntity on Sunday March 04, 2018 @08:16PM (#16517972)
> Enforcing that Project Gutenberg actually respects german copyright law when offering service to german users is abusing the justice system? That's a surprising interpretation of these events, in my opinion.

Being a US entity acting 100% legally under US law with no physical presence in Germany but somehow being required to comply with German laws seems a bit abusive to me, in my opinion.

Next time I go trolling because I have karma to burn I suppose I'll have to answer to German hate-speech laws?

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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by CO-VAX on Sunday March 04, 2018 @08:47PM (#16518097)
The "publishers" I was implicitly referring to was the plaintiff.
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