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doubleshuffle · 03-04-2018, 04:45 AM

Following a Frankfurt court's ruling in favour of German publisher S. Fischer (a subsidiary of the international Holtzbrinck corporation), gutenberg.org has begun blocking access to all its books from German IP addresses.

S. Fischer had sued because of some German books that are public domain in the U.S., but not in Life+70 countries.

https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html

03-04-2018, 04:45 AM	#1
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	gutenberg.org blocks access to all German IP-addresses Following a Frankfurt court's ruling in favour of German publisher S. Fischer (a subsidiary of the international Holtzbrinck corporation), gutenberg.org has begun blocking access to all its books from German IP addresses. S. Fischer had sued because of some German books that are public domain in the U.S., but not in Life+70 countries. https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html