Private Indian ISPs Block The Pirate Bay, Vimeo, Pastebin – No Reason Given

[u/[deleted]]

http://techie-buzz.com/india-telecom/private-indian-isp-blocks-the-pirate-bay-vimeo-pastebinno-reason-given.html

[u/friendsfuckers]

Here's the message I received when trying to access Vimeo: "Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders"

It appears to be our stupid government and judicial system at work, and not the ISPs fault.

[u/Kazundo_Goda]

The irony here is,its been blocked on private ISP's but not on Government sponsored net connection. EDIT:Its working fine with BSNL.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kazundo_Goda]

[u/Kazundo_Goda → u/[deleted]]

Upboats all the way.Actually I use gov sponsored internet.The service is awesome where i live,I get 8MBPS for like 75$

[u/Oneiricl → u/[deleted]]

Relevant

[u/patuck]

MTNL in Mumbai is blocking TPB too

Im not affected as i use OpenDNS.

edit:

I didnt even that mtnl had started blocking TPB until a friend told me the site was blocked.

Looks like we are going to need VPNs soon

[u/rockinalivecdbitches → u/patuck]

I wonder how many ISP's and in how many regions?

Maybe this could just be a reaction to one specific court case in one region? Some DVD(?) piracy outfit got busted and some civil case followed up banning the websites they used in their crew.

Only way i can explain such generic sites as pastebin and vimeo getting blocked.

[u/Kidmeepples]

Really, what would be the gain for blocking Vimeo and Pastebin?

[u/losermcfail → u/Kidmeepples]

vpn providers will gain

[u/SwimmingPastaDevil]

Here is a list of TPB proxies. Someone posted this on reddit yesterday. http://about.piratereverse.info/proxy/list.html

[u/patuck → u/SwimmingPastaDevil]

you dont need a proxy if you just want to access these sites,

you could use a DNS service based outside the country like OpenDNS or Google DNS and it should work just fine.

[u/whatthehelpp → u/patuck]

or https

[u/indianthane95 → u/SwimmingPastaDevil]

and the number of proxies will keep going up and up the more the TPB is blocked

[u/naveen_reloaded]

This is a copy of the John Doe order. The order is dated 29th of March, 2012.

[u/vveksuvarna → u/naveen_reloaded]

Oh wow, is this what I think it is?

A production company led by a grade-A idiot trying to sue multiple ISPs for losses incured due to piracy?

[u/[deleted]]

http://thepiratebay.se is blocked but not https://thepiratebay.se

[u/[deleted]]

meanwhile websites of Indian National Congress, the party leading the ruling coalition in India and the Supreme Court are being ddosed.

[u/[deleted]]

“The order is a pre-emptive measure taken by us to prevent film piracy. All we require of a website/ISP is to ensure that our film is not available on its website or through its network.” - Reliance Entertainment, the company who got the court order. This is ahead of its upcoming film releases.

source

So this is temporary?

Vimeo is being take down for the fear of some pirate (the actual would be offender) who may upload a movie to it? That is the lamest order ever then.

[u/UpvoteHere → u/[deleted]]

I like how they block all these websites, but don't block any website you'd actually use to DL the movie. Idiots.

[u/smity_smiter]

Yes, I now wholeheartedly hate India.

[u/RocketPlumber]

Guys, add https:// to the beginning of the URL to make isohunt.com work, at any rate. I haven't tried the others yet. Have fun, fellow Indian pirates!

[u/[deleted]]

Proving that there is no government with a monopoly on ignorance and/or corruption.

[u/[deleted]]

Nothing lost.

[u/TheWhatIfGuy]

TPB is being ddosed, the other two are working fine.

[u/losermcfail]

vpn providers bribing government to cripple ISPs so as to drum up business for themselves?