[1]Free eBook site Project Gutenberg Blocks German Visitors over Court
  Ruling:

Offering translations of your site in other languages may be risky

    As a web site owner, an interesting point to take away from this
    lawsuit is that offering your site in other languages than your
    primary one could cause you to fall under other country's
    jurisdiction. While Project Gutenberg offered other languages as a
    convenience to non-USA visitors, the German court's ruling clearly
    shows that having a German translation led them to feel that the
    site was targeting German citizens.

    With scripts available that automatically translate a site into
    another language, many web site owners have used them as a
    convenience to their visitors. While these translations were often
    confusing and potentially not accurate, web site owners found them
    to still be useful for visitors from other countries.

    With rulings like this one, web site owners may start to think
    differently about offering their site in other languages for fear of
    falling under another country's legal system.

  (Via [2]Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com)

  This whole story is absurd. Do read the article. There is so much to
  unpack in this dispute. Sadly, Project Gutenberg's approach of going
  dark in Germany, while somewhat passive aggressive, might be the first
  example of the most effective way to get serious comprehensive reform
  where citizen users make the change happen.

  Before U.S. citizens get too "holier than thou", remember that
  [3]Congress keeps pushing out when certain properties become public
  domain.
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  My original entry is here: [4]Free eBook site Project Gutenberg Blocks
  German Visitors over Court Ruling. It posted Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:42:27
  +0000.
  Filed under: personal, tech,

References

  1. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/free-ebook-site-project-gutenberg-blocks-german-visitors-over-court-ruling/
  2. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/feed/
  3. http://mentalfloss.com/article/30946/why-isnt-mickey-mouse-public-domain
  4. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=931

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