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VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by boomboomsubban »

somecommit wrote: post #5
puyoxyz wrote: post #4

For context: (not sure if this is right, just something I heard somewhere) the VLC website was banned because some people were distributing versions of VLC that included malware ( not through the official VLC website, but through other websites), and for some reason instead of banning those unofficial websites they banned the official website

(conspiracy mode on:) Maybe the version with malware is linked to some high-earning scam company located in India

Supposedly it was linked to Chinese hackers. To my knowledge, India has never explained the ban so we can't be sure.

Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by jbk »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #11
somecommit wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(conspiracy mode on:) Maybe the version with malware is linked to some high-earning scam company located in India

Supposedly it was linked to Chinese hackers. To my knowledge, India has never explained the ban so we can't be sure.

The dates don’t match for this explanation.

Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by boomboomsubban »

jbk wrote: post #13
boomboomsubban wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Supposedly it was linked to Chinese hackers. To my knowledge, India has never explained the ban so we can't be sure.

The dates don’t match for this explanation.

edit moving this discussion to the active thread.

Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by ShivShankaran »

phpisthebest wrote: post #10
puyoxyz wrote: post #4

For context: (not sure if this is right, just something I heard somewhere) the VLC website was banned because some people were distributing versions of VLC that included malware ( not through the official VLC website, but through other websites), and for some reason instead of banning those unofficial websites they banned the official website

>some reason instead As with all things follow the money Ask why would the scam capital of the world banned the legit site.

> Ask why would the scam capital of the world banned the legit site.

I thought only Reddit had excessive racism.

A comment so absurd it's not worth debating

Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by gautamdivgi »

phpisthebest wrote: post #10
puyoxyz wrote: post #4

For context: (not sure if this is right, just something I heard somewhere) the VLC website was banned because some people were distributing versions of VLC that included malware ( not through the official VLC website, but through other websites), and for some reason instead of banning those unofficial websites they banned the official website

>some reason instead As with all things follow the money Ask why would the scam capital of the world banned the legit site.

Blatantly racist and bigoted statement. Really has no place on HN. Probably a troll.

Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by jbk »

dwheeler wrote: post #17
jbk wrote: post #12

President of VideoLAN here: it is what I did this weekend with the help of the IFF. We’ll see what happens next… AMA

What is the deadline for the Indian government to respond? Is there a deadline?

I don't think there is.

Re: VideoLAN has issued a legal notice to Indian Gov for banning their website

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Post by phpisthebest »

gautamdivgi wrote: post #16
phpisthebest wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>some reason instead As with all things follow the money Ask why would the scam capital of the world banned the legit site.

Blatantly racist and bigoted statement. Really has no place on HN. Probably a troll.

First not a troll

and in no way is it racist, it is a provable statement and the India government is doing nothing to stop the scammers and in some area's of the nation actively protecting them

See the recent reporting by Mark Rober and Jim Browning.

ALOT of scamming is currently originating from India, this is fact.

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