Project Gutenberg Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 100/100)

Project Gutenberg maintains a highly protective stance, focusing on site stability and bandwidth management without imposing predatory legal terms on its users.

Clean, non-predatory terms focused on site integrity and bandwidth management.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
NO
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
UNCLEAR
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Website Terms of Use — Audience

This website is intended for human users only. Any perceived use of automated tools to access this website will result in a temporary or permanent block of your IP address.

The site is for human use; automated scraping or high-volume access will result in an IP block.

Embedding or Wrapping our Site or Contents

We will not tolerate mock Gutenberg front-ends that pocket advertising revenues while leaving the cost of actually serving the files to us.

The site prohibits third parties from profiting off their infrastructure by wrapping the site in ads.

Automated Blocks

Blocks to Internet addresses (IP addresses) are applied automatically based on the volume of traffic and related factors. Such blocks automatically expire after a few days.

IP blocks are automated and temporary, expiring after a few days.

Last reviewed 2026-08-02 under rubric v3.5.

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