Who cares if nobody can work, the important is that those illegal streams are blocked

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[–] 158 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

When is it supposed to kick in? Because it sure hasn't been done yet.

Edit: Blatant misinformation

While the underlying court order was reversed many months ago, some Indians continue to have trouble accessing parts of the website.

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  • [–] [S] 71 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the main problems of those blocking orders, worldwide, not only in india, is that while blocks are immediate and done with no supervision directly in the hands of the copyright trolls, unblocks are slow and need 100+ approvals

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Remember when India blocked the official website for VLC?

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Its still blocked including newgrounds.com. I have to use VPN to play Geometry Dash because sound of custom level are hosted on newground.

    Here a List of site which I can't access without VPN

    • VLC Website
    • Raw Github URL
    • Newground
    • t.me : Telegram Links (but I can access telegram.dog and telegram.me)
    • ApkPure
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  • [–] 77 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    At what point can we all just acknowledge that copyright law has become a public nuisance in its current form

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    The ONE thing I might have in common with the hexbear people is thinking China has the right ideas when it comes to copyright. Copyright and trademarks only serve to hinder innovation.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The fediverse can't reach source forges fast enough...

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh fun fact, Govt also issued an order stating that VPN providers who won't log information of users, can't function in India.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The main Github.com domain was still accessible but raw.githubusercontent.com, where code is typically stored, was blocked.

    Some days, like today, I regret commenting TorrentFreak out of my RSS feed reader.

    It's kind of funny, but it's also kind of scary that not having access to Github would probably significantly impact a lot of companies and services. It would definitely impact me.

    Oh well. We can always move to Sourcehut, right?

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I read that Linux usage is much higher in India (I think ~13% vs 5% in the US, though the statistics are probably outdated). I am totally ignorant when it comes to India, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm wondering if the rise of Linux users has something to do with the government trying to limit access to Github.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Indian here.

    Most government organisations in India have shifted to using linux (primarily ubuntu) because they didn't want to pay hefty license fees to microsoft and to buy new PCs, since almost all of their computers either ran Windows 7 or XP.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Could you provide sources for this? I still see government computers running old windows.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    https://www.opensourceforu.com/2011/11/indian-supreme-court-opts-for-ubuntu-10-04/

    Indian Courts have been using Ubuntu for over a decade.

    https://news.itsfoss.com/indian-govt-linux-windows/

    The Indian armed forces are evaluating the shift to an Ubuntu-based distro that is developed locally this august.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I know that the first one hasn't held up. I know a few people in the high court circles who have no idea what Linux is and exclusively use AND are asked to use windows specific software.

    The second link looks promising. Thanks for sharing!

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Guess Gitlab is about to get a shot in the arm from india.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    nahh we would rather use vpn. i have been using vpn for github ever since they have blocked raw github user content.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Again? Hadn't this happened before?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Wait, you guys aren't europeen yet?!

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