Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India

Post by RealGeek » Thu, May 17, 2012, 11:13 AM UTC

fjellfras wrote: post #47

statictype wrote: post #44

They only blocked http access, it looks like. Sites that support https still work. I guess the ISPs are only sniffing port 80?

At least vimeo is still blocked on port 443.

Post by arc_of_descent » Thu, May 17, 2012, 11:34 AM UTC

Post by JoachimSchipper » Thu, May 17, 2012, 11:48 AM UTC

emcl wrote: post #13

The really disturbing aspect of these blocking is the blatant manner in which websites which are known for their self-regulation (mainly for quality control) like Vimeo have been blacked out presumably by twisting the Chennai High court order against 'video sharing websites' by Copyright Labs, which seems to be a dummy company http://goo.gl/a1rjS . There is an alarming lack of internet literacy among the law makers a…

Post by samhan » Thu, May 17, 2012, 12:05 PM UTC

samhan wrote: post #56

The indian govt is trying to get the UN to regulate the internet with help from countries like Russia and some Arab countries . Its trying to form a 50 member UN Committee called the Committee for Internet Policy . They re saying its to end the US dominance over Internet Policy .. Im suspicious..

Post by powerslave12r » Thu, May 17, 2012, 12:09 PM UTC

factorialboy wrote: post #40

Let's hit them where it hurts. Sign and share this petition.. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/i-will-vote-against-the-c... ..and we can announce that we're a vote bank that can hurt them.