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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
I don't think it is awareness they are raising, but protection against further action. The article is an interesting read and answers the question with (bold mine):
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That's the public statement, but it'd be simple enough to enforce those as the claims arrive; they already handle ongoing claims regularly in (non-German) cases where dates were mistaken and copyright claims are filed.
We'll see what happens if they lose on appeal; I suspect that they'll find a way to allow the German people access to most of the rest of their library once the publicity value of the global block has run its course. I don't blame them for this at all, BTW; it's smart strategy.