Quite a few European aviation administrations have made their AIP (Aeronautical Information Publications) freely accessible from the internet.
Ohters - Germany is among them - still force pilots to purchase this information year afer year, although these publications were made possible by tax payers' money in the first place, for crying out loud.
Germany indeed is an extremely remarkable case: the military AIP is published on the internet - accessible for all bar none, the civil AIP is not!