Re:A German court forced the removal of a Wikipedia article’...
by jocoda on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:43AM
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At least Wikipedia content is still accessible in Germany.
Because of a German court order to regarding some of their items[0] Project Gutenberg blocks German access to _all_ of their books. Now for more than a year.
I sympathize with them but a total block seems a bit heavy handed, punishing all of Germany for a maybe poor decision. Guess this was the simplest way to respond given the resources they have.
Curious to see how this is going to play out in the end.
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> Because of the very short deadline from the legal proceeding—we were given less than one day to take action
What I don't understand in the Wikipedia case is why the deadline was so tight. Seems unreasonable.
Because of a German court order to regarding some of their items[0] Project Gutenberg blocks German access to _all_ of their books. Now for more than a year.
I sympathize with them but a total block seems a bit heavy handed, punishing all of Germany for a maybe poor decision. Guess this was the simplest way to respond given the resources they have.
Curious to see how this is going to play out in the end.
Back to Wikepedia
> Because of the very short deadline from the legal proceeding—we were given less than one day to take action
What I don't understand in the Wikipedia case is why the deadline was so tight. Seems unreasonable.
[0]. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16511038