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Originally Posted by sjfan
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.
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Or maybe they'll just keep on blocking all germans.
It's not as if anybody anywhere has a right to access Gutenberg.
They can argue that the books are posted for americans and they are legal for americans and that they are not obliged to enforce German law at their expense. That it is up to the german citizens to know what is and isn't legal for them to do.
They do have the option to go hardcore all tbe way.