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Originally Posted by Abzeronow
I wasn't implying fault, merely that this was the easiest for Project Gutenberg to comply with a German court order (and basically German law). We shall have to see how appeal shakes out but this could be just another extension of how the law enforces geo-restrictions (in this case EU copyright law). Certainly makes a case for US to further synchronize with the EU on copyright (we are fully synchronized for post-1978 works.)
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I think it makes a pretty good example of why the US should avoid trying to synchronize with the EU on most legal issues. If the German courts want to block access to those books in Germany, they should issue orders to someone under their jurisdiction, i.e. the German ISP's.
This issue of each jurisdiction wanting to impose their local laws on the rest of the world is going to come to a head eventually.