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We guess this is because of them (government) not understanding a security issue. “We don’t know why (they took down VLC media player). The Paris-based non-profit VideoLAN has said that it has no idea why the Indian government banned the platform. ![]() “The website has been blocked as per the order of Ministry of Electronics and Information technology under IT Act, 2000”, reads a message when users try to open the media platform. While the ban was imposed in February this year, it was unnoticed, until now when the player’s developer company VideoLAN reached out to the internet for help. ![]() Videolan vlc media player download#However, it is still available for download on the Apple app store and Google play store for smaller devices. The Media Player website no longer works in the country and users cannot download the program’s exe file (windows executable file) for installation anymore. Videolan vlc media player software#The company has warned that if DoT and MeitY fail to comply with the said demands, it will be forced to take legal action against the two departments for violating its obligations under international law and for breaching their own obligations of endorsing open-source software for government applications as part of its Digital India Initiative.The government has banned the popular open-source video playing software VLC Media Player in India. In the notice, VideoLAN has demanded a copy of the reasoned blocking order issued for the URL and an opportunity to defend its case through a virtual hearing. This incident also affects the fundamental rights of all Indian users of VLC who have the right to receive the information freely available on the URL, it said. Videolan vlc media player free#By blocking the URL, the government offices are violating their international obligations to protect free speech in India. It also opposed the blocking of the VLC website citing Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which says that freedom of speech and expression is a paramount human right. Moreover, it has received no official notice from the Indian government regarding the ban on the VLC media player, the company added.įurther, VideoLAN cited Rule 8 of IT Rules, 2009, and the Supreme Court (SC) judgment in the Shreya Singhal case, and said that the concerned authorities are required by law to issue notice to such a person whose content or website is getting banned. In August this year, VideoLAN and VLC claimed that they tried to reach out to MeiTY to understand the reason for the ban but it is yet to receive any response from the ministry. “ Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.” The notice further states that at present efforts to reach the URL in India result in the following message being displayed, “Despite reportage and uproar on social media, no reasons for blocking the URL were provided to us, or to the Indian public.” ![]() “In March 2022, to our shock and dismay, the URL ‘ ‘ appeared to have been blocked for viewing in India without any prior notice to me or any other person in the organization,” Jean-Baptiste Kempf, President and lead VLC developer of VideoLAN wrote in a letter dated September 30 th to India’s DoT. ![]()
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