Comment by yorwba
7 years ago
Except in countries where copyright terms are longer than in the US: https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html
7 years ago
Except in countries where copyright terms are longer than in the US: https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html
Meh, as long as their servers aren't in those countries, they can't do anything except censor the website. And most countries with long copyright terms don't censor websites.
Project Gutenberg self-censored themselves to all German users in protest of the lawsuit.
If they did not have servers in Germany couldn't they have just ignored the lawsuit?
They can make it illegal for Germans to use the site if they wish, but they can't go meddling in foreign media content. If Saudi Arabia serves you a lawsuit because you have a picture of a woman's face on a webpage without hijab, would you fly there to go to court? I'd just trash their lawsuit and never go there. They can block my site if they want -- same goes for Germany.
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