Just to clear up some air here ...
The government, as in the Central or State governing bodies have not blocked any sites, nor have they passed any orders for the same.
The issue involves a company, Copyright Labs (http://www.copyrightlabs.in/index.php) which through the Madras High Court got a John Doe order to get ISPs to block access to certain sites to 'ensure' that an upcoming movie is not pirated.
What is worrying w.r.t. the government is summed up quite aptly here: https://twitter.com/#!/pranesh_prakash/status/20306526313290...
Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
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Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#82I use Airtel at home and these sites are blocked. But we use a different ISP at work and vimeo and pastebin are not blocked.
Can anybody who uses another ISP confirm that it is not just Airtel?
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#83The CEO of Copyrightlabs was just on TV. He says he wanted the ISPs to only block specific URLs serving pirated content but the ISPs went ahead and blocked the whole sites
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#84Court _has not_ ordered to block any website. The order asks ISPs to make sure that illegal copies of movies does not get distributed.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxi2TzVXul5ZUl9EclRQZXlRdVdU...
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#85Are they blocking by IP or just DNS? Are you guys typing just domain names, or are you trying the IP addresses too? Add a line to your HOSTS file and see what happens: 74.113.233.128 vimeo.com www.vimeo.com
Several are claiming that HTTPS still works, which means it's not DNS-level or IP-level. It may be IP+port level, or the only thing that I can really think which is left is deep-packet inspection: a Linux user in India could easily test this with something like: curl -v -H "Host: thepiratebay.se" http://www.google.com/
I got "Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders" message when I tried this.
It's not surprising, because a year or so ago Airtel was using deep packet inspection to throttle torrents and file sharing sites. They already have the necessary equipment in place, they can use it when and as they please.
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#86Just to clear up some air here ... The government, as in the Central or State governing bodies have not blocked any sites, nor have they passed any orders for the same. The issue involves a company, Copyright Labs ( http://www.copyrightlabs.in/index.php ) which through the Madras High Court got a John Doe order to get ISPs to block access to certain sites to 'ensure' that an upcoming movie is not pirated. What is wor…
Exactly. Drumming this news as somehow - Executive arm of our constitution took power in its hands and decided to block websites unilaterally is false. I still lament the lack of knowledge judiciary has, when it comes to passing judgement on such things but I don't see Central or State Govt. at fault here.
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#87Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#88If you want to access the blocked sites, the surest way is to get a free mini instance with amazon(or use an existing one), and use ssh dynamic port forwarding for you browsing.
ssh -D 8080 -i your_amazon_key.pem username@ec2-instance
# Followed by changing your browser/system settings to use localhost:8080 as socks v5 proxy
"Some movie is coming out, we are afraid we will lose revenue if people pirate it. I know what to do. Let's get a court order asking ISPs to ban sites which are infringing upon the movie(the good old ISP, takes the safer route and blocks whole sites since it doesn't know or doesn't want to stop just the movie). Hey look, people are still able to get through to the movie. Let's get another court order asking the ISPs to stop service altogether for 6 months."
"Rape cases on a rise and most rapes happen at night. Let's stop people from going out at night. Still not working. Let's stop people from going out altogether."
I can understand the concerns about loss of revenue over piracy, but these dystopian measures aren't worth whatever hypothetical losses you might be suffering.
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am somewhat amazed that you are clubbing somewhat unrelated issues with a problem that directly threatens freedom of internet access in India.While, I do not take any sides -tinting of car glasses was prohibited by few state governments before. Also I am not sure if installing speed regulators is a step in the right direction but people getting killed in road accidents is a real problem in India. Remember that Lamb…
> "It is likely that Madras High Court judgement was rushed through" I would get worried if this were the case. Serious cases take years to pass through Indian courts. If Copyright Labs (which I increasingly feel is a facade company) got this rushed through the court AND got the ISPs to block access at such a blanket level I would start getting worried about the integrity of that court.
My point was the cases that drag for years generally has two sides, but what if the case had only one side? Copyright Labs wanted certain sites banned and obviously Vimeo, Pastebin etc have zero ground presence in India so there wasn't really anyone protesting the case of Copyright Labs. I am betting, if there was someone opposing what Copyright Labs was claiming, the outcome would have been different.
Re: Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin, Xmarks & Major Torrent Sites Blocked in India
#90I suppose we just have to have faith in the average techie's ability to bypass these restrictions, which seem to be becoming a global phenomenon, not just a western one. OK I know china has blocked a huge amount of sites for years, but it's only recently in the west that serious impingements on our right to information have begun to happen. As for the masses who don't have a clue how to use a VPN or a proxy, I feel sorry for them. They're becoming victims of control.