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posted by martyb on Thursday June 04 2020, @09:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the Project-Gutenberg-sind-nicht-seht-gut? dept.

Project Gutenberg Public Domain Library Blocked in Italy For Copyright Infringement:

Project Gutenberg, a volunteer effort to digitize and archive books, is sometimes described as the world’s oldest digital library.

Founded in 1971, Project Gutenberg‘s archives now stretch to a total of more than 62,000 books, with a focus on titles that entered the public domain after their copyrights expired. The library does carry some and in-copyright books but these are distributed with the express permission of their owners.

The project has an excellent reputation and its work is considered a great contribution to education and culture. However, it now transpires that the site has been rendered inaccessible by ISPs in Italy under the instructions of the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Rome.

[...] The seizure/blocking notice states that all of the targeted domains “distributed, transmitted and disseminated in pdf format, magazines, newspapers and books (property protected by copyright) after having illegally acquired numerous computer files with their content, communicating them to the public, [and] entering them into a system of communication networks.”

[...] “The investigation, conducted by a special unit of the Guardia di Finanza, has been developed in the context of monitoring the targeted Internet networks to combat economic and financial offenses perpetrated online.

“In this context, the operators identified some web resources registered on foreign servers which make content and magazines available to the public early in the morning, allowing users to view or download digital copies,” the court document reads. (translated from Italian)


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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Saturday June 06 2020, @05:28AM (2 children)

    by dry (223) on Saturday June 06 2020, @05:28AM (#1004094) Journal

    For now. Part of the new trade deal is Canada moving to life+70 years copyright.

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  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday June 07 2020, @09:25PM (1 child)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Sunday June 07 2020, @09:25PM (#1004612) Homepage Journal

    Yes, unfortunately.

    Does that apply to works currently between 50 and 70 years old, or only to new ones?

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday June 07 2020, @10:11PM

      by dry (223) on Sunday June 07 2020, @10:11PM (#1004630) Journal

      Good question. I guess we'll find out when the legislation is written. I hope only for new ones but I think the Americans hope or expect for everything.