The Assassin Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Last night, many internet users were shocked to find their favourite filesharing websites banned. Members of the India Broadband Forum reported that visiting popular websites such as Megaupload, RapidShare, MediaFire, DepositFiles, and many others served up a static page saying that the "site has been blocked as per instructions from the Department of Telecom". This ban was reported by subscribers of major ISPs such as Reliance, MTNL, and Airtel There has been no official announcement from either the ISPs or the Department of Telecom (DoT) on the ban. I encountered the same static page with MTNL and Airtel, when I tried accessing the filesharing websites earlier in the day. Interestingly, various filesharing portals have been banned and unbanned intermittently since last night across different ISPs. As of publishing this article, I found both MTNL and Airtel to have lifted the ban. However, there is no saying if and when then ban will recur. Although the users could bypass the ban with proxies (Opera Turbo for example), it's still ridiculous for the DoT to infringe upon users rights without any prior notice. Forums are abuzz with various conspiracy theories, which includes one that cites Bollywood lobbying for the ban under the pretence of piracy. Whatever may the the excuse, the government has no business banning an entire service altogether, just because it's being misused by some. This is especially true when its responsibility lies in enforcing the law and not culling entire platforms to prevent abuse. This is just as daft as deploying thermonuclear warheads to cure polio. Hopefully, these websites will continue to remain operational, as they are at the time of publishing. Source: Techtree IBF http://www.medianama...-a-court-order/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 WHAT?! No way!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 People with Rapidshare and Megaupload accounts will RAGE like anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Assassin Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 WHAT?! No way!!!! BTW,all sites are working for me.Maybe its bcoz my ISP is a local cablewallah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Saw this yday all over TE.. Definitely a dick move ! BSNL had no censor last i checked today mning.. Will check MTNL when i reach Delhi.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 The sites were blocked in the afternoon, but not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avkash Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 WTF, will have to check in night no more free porn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 we re modeling ourselves after china ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 God bless the Usenet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 BTW,all sites are working for me.Maybe its bcoz my ISP is a local cablewallah. You have access to the HUB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Assassin Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 You have access to the HUB? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 You have access to the HUB? i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanbad Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I hope my body can take this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Oh that's a dick move, not every file hosted on the server is a warez ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRch-0n Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 People gna be mad, maaaaaad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I have Airtel and MegaUpload is opening for me Edit: All sites mentioned working fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Working fine here as well. False alarm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 FCK, I am on Reliance and I am getting below error: Oops! Google Chrome could not find www.megaupload.comTry reloading: www.megaupload.com Additional suggestions: Access a cached copy of www.megaupload.com Search on Google: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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