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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The problem is that a Gutenberg website in Australia is almost certainly not restricting its downloads to Australian citizens.
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That should not be a problem. Drawing parallels with the pbooks is favourite pass-time so let me give it a try...
Last time that I checked, the employees in Canadian book stores were not asking for a proof of Canadian citizenship when they sold books written by authors who are in public domain in Canada, but not in... ahm, other parts of the world. If I am correct, it would be the job for customs of the country with more prohibitive copyright laws to seize illegal copies, when and if they reach the country where said laws are in effect.
So, if you are in favour of blocking, you should, really, petition your own government to employ such a technology. The rumour is that it is mature, and quite effective, that technology, judging by the experiences in certain parts of the world where it is deployed.