German Addresses are Blocked: www.gutenberg.org

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Post by cydanil » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 12:32 PM UTC

German Addresses are Blocked: www.gutenberg.org
block.pglaf.org

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Post by cydanil » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 12:34 PM UTC

More details are available on their operation website: https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html

It's a bit of a pity, especially when the law firm, Waldorf Frommer, doesn't seem to respect GDPR on their staff listing page: https://www.waldorf-frommer.de/team/

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Post by detaro » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 12:35 PM UTC

previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16511038

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Post by ohiovr » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 7:25 PM UTC

Not gutenough for Germany ironically

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Post by anotheryou » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 7:34 PM UTC

Only certain publications are blocked, e.g.: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31218

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Post by skrause » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 7:57 PM UTC

anotheryou wrote: post #5

Only certain publications are blocked, e.g.: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31218

No, I can't access any books from my German IP address.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 8:11 PM UTC

anotheryou wrote: post #5

Only certain publications are blocked, e.g.: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31218

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Post by anotheryou » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 8:44 PM UTC

skrause wrote: post #6

anotheryou wrote: post #5

Only certain publications are blocked, e.g.: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31218

No, I can't access any books from my German IP address.

oh damn, you are right!

I thought because I could access http://www.gutenberg.org I could also access other books. I guess we stick with libgen than...

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Post by deivid » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 8:49 PM UTC

skrause wrote: post #6

anotheryou wrote: post #5

Only certain publications are blocked, e.g.: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31218

No, I can't access any books from my German IP address.

I can access from my VPN hosted at hetzner

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Post by anotheryou » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 9:28 PM UTC

deivid wrote: post #9

skrause wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I can't access any books from my German IP address.

I can access from my VPN hosted at hetzner

via their dutch servers than I guess