07-03-2021, 11:17 AM
(07-03-2021, 04:30 AM)tadeus Wrote:(07-02-2021, 10:53 PM)Moonfox Wrote: I found this:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19687/19...9687-h.htm
Could you please give a quote of the relevant text, because unbelievable things are happening:
Quote:Your IP Address in Germany is Blocked from www.gutenberg.org
Why did this block occur?
A Court in Germany ordered that access to certain items in the Project Gutenberg collection are blocked from Germany. Project Gutenberg believes the Court has no jurisdiction over the matter, but until the issue is resolved, it will comply.
"Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks."
So germans don't have access to a library of free books any more!
It seems the time of burning of books has come again.
Quote:Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (/ˈɡuːtənbɜːrɡ/;[1] c. 1400[2] – February 3, 1468) was a German inventor, printer, publisher, and goldsmith who introduced printing to Europe with his mechanical movable-type printing press.
What a bitter irony ...
It is rather ridiculous that gutenberg.org is blocked in Germany. I hope Gutenberg's descendants are benefiting from the sales of his printing press. The quoted book is also available on archive.org:
https://archive.org/stream/thesquareofse.../19687.txt