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tscs37 on March 4, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany

An ISP block would also only block the entire site. This was not the intention of the court otherwise they would have done that instead.

The court only wanted some books blocked, not the entire site, because under german copyright those books are not yet public domain.

mirimir on March 4, 2018 | [–]

I'm sure that ISPs could block particular URLs.

tscs37 on March 4, 2018 | | [–]

Only for HTTP requests, any HTTPS or non-HTTP request is not as easy to block.

Most site blocks are on the DNS level as they aren't particularly complicated.

mcguire on March 4, 2018 | [–]

The court did not order the books blocked, it ordered them taken down and for PG to pay damages.

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