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October 2021 Project Gutenberg reaches a settlement agreement with S. Fischer Verlag, agreeing to block eBooks by Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, and Alfred Döblin in Germany until their German copyright expires.
May 2020 Project Gutenberg website is blocked in Italy as part of an effort to prevent publication of copyrighted newspapers and journals.
April 30 2019 Frankfurt Court of Appeal confirms the judgment blocking Project Gutenberg in Germany, preventing further appeal to the Federal Court of Justice.
2018 Project Gutenberg website becomes inaccessible in Germany due to a court order from S. Fischer Verlag regarding copyrights of Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, and Alfred Döblin.

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