[Update: Ban Lifted] VLC Media Player banned in India

[enthusiast29]

So this is interesting, an open source app banned...

VLC Media Player banned in India, website and VLC download link blocked

VLC Media Player has been banned in India, but this happened nearly 2 months ago. Neither the company nor the Indian government has revealed any details about the ban.

www.indiatoday.in

VLC Media Player banned: Website and VLC download link blocked in India

India has banned VLC Media Player, however, this was done almost two months ago. No information on the ban has been made public yet.

www.dnaindia.com

VLC Media Player Banned In India: VLC Apps Still Working Fine But This Could Be The Reason For Ban - News18

While the VLC media player app is still available for download on both the Apple App store and Google Play store, the government has blocked access to the official VLC media player website “www.videolan.org”.

www.news18.com

 

[t3chg33k]

So this is interesting, an open source app banned...

VLC Media Player banned in India, website and VLC download link blocked

VLC Media Player has been banned in India, but this happened nearly 2 months ago. Neither the company nor the Indian government has revealed any details about the ban.

www.indiatoday.in

VLC Media Player banned: Website and VLC download link blocked in India

India has banned VLC Media Player, however, this was done almost two months ago. No information on the ban has been made public yet.

www.dnaindia.com

VLC Media Player Banned In India: VLC Apps Still Working Fine But This Could Be The Reason For Ban - News18

While the VLC media player app is still available for download on both the Apple App store and Google Play store, the government has blocked access to the official VLC media player website “www.videolan.org”.

www.news18.com

Never realised this as the site was never blocked by my ISP and is still accessible.

 

[karanssh]

I am 100% sure, this is one of those cases where some movie producer got a list of sites with pirated content on a court order, and telecom operators blocked it, without thinking twice. This has happened with other websites before too. This is so stupid though.

 

[Kaleen Bhaiya]

Wait what!!!
Whose on steroids??

 

[bhp91]

Wasn't this because somekind of Chinese spyware was using VLC installations on PC for its job? This has nothing to do with VLC itself but the spyware dll uses VLC on a compromised PC to do it's spying. So the government's solution is to prevent people from using VLC altogether. Kinda stupid solution but then again how else can they fix this mess? Run a antivirus scan on every PC in the country?

 

[vishal_k]

Videolan.org is still accessible on jio fiber

 

[t3chg33k]

Wasn't this because somekind of Chinese spyware was using VLC installations on PC for its job? This has nothing to do with VLC itself but the spyware dll uses VLC on a compromised PC to do it's spying. So the government's solution is to prevent people from using VLC altogether. Kinda stupid solution but then again how else can they fix this mess? Run a antivirus scan on every PC in the country?

Considering how Google deals with DMCA requests and takes down original content based on fake complaints, this isn't that bad. Also, it doesn't impact most ISPs and is still downloadable from freeware sites, so impact is minimal.

 

[Synth-Pop]

Videolan.org is still accessible on jio fiber

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accessible on Airtel fiber too.

 

[enthusiast29]

Wasn't this because somekind of Chinese spyware was using VLC installations on PC for its job? This has nothing to do with VLC itself but the spyware dll uses VLC on a compromised PC to do it's spying. So the government's solution is to prevent people from using VLC altogether. Kinda stupid solution but then again how else can they fix this mess? Run a antivirus scan on every PC in the country?

Yes

 

[Futureized]

Bad decision though there official site is still accessible yet.

https://www.videolan.org/

 

[enthusiast29]

accessible on Airtel fiber too.

Umm.. no?

Spoiler: PC

Spoiler: Mobile

Accessible via VPN...

 

[Viztiz]

Videolan.org is still accessible on jio fiber

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Not accessible on Airtel (Mobile Data)

 

[karanssh]

accessible on Airtel fiber too.

not accessible on jio fiber or ACT

 

[blackhorn]

downloaded from microsoft store just day before

 

[Kevin Lane]

No sweat. Current Installations will still work. For new installations too, alternate sources are there.

If nothing else, MPC-HC and KODI are always there.

 

[Viper_]

accessible on Airtel fiber too.

Not accessible on Airtel fiber.

 

[letmein]

No sweat. Current Installations will still work. For new installations too, alternate sources are ther

It's not about alternatives, it's about the principle of banning anything that you don't like without taking even a moment to think it over.

 

[Synth-Pop]

Umm.. no?

Spoiler: PC

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Spoiler: Mobile

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Accessible via VPN...

not accessible on jio fiber or ACT

Not accessible on Airtel fiber.

it's working for me, but 2 out of 10 times it fails to load.
surely it will work using VPn or proxy but I really don't care as I use Potplayer.

 

[Hachune]

Ban ban ban, I hope I am still allowed to breathe in the next 10 years.

 

[Viztiz]

It's not about alternatives, it's about the principle of banning anything that you don't like without taking even a moment to think it over.

India be turning into Xindia. Why aren't gambling apps banned, if they want the nation's disruptions to be gone? *puts on tin foil hat* I feel like this is terrible but clever way of recreating ROTS (You were supposed to destroy the sith not join them!)