Supreme Court website hacked in response to TPB, Vimeo block
12 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court website hacked in response to TPB, Vimeo block

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It’s now confirmed news that Indian ISPs are blocking torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and websites like Vimeo following a court order pushed for by Copyright Labs, a Chennai-based firm at the Madras High Court. These ISPs include - BSNL, MTNL, Bharti Airtel, Aircel Cellular, Hathway Cable and Dotcom, Sistema Shyam Teleservices, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices, O-Zone Networks, Tikona Digital Networks, BG Broadband India, Sify Technologies, among others. Quoting the CEO of Copyright Labs, Harish Ram, the report states, “We have been fighting for this for long and it seems the ISPs are finally responding.” [@galleryid:265742> News of Indian ISPs targeting torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and some other websites like Vimeo, came earlier this month. After speaking with a representative from Reliance Entertainment who are the official producers and distributors for the film, an earlier report on the topic had found that the court order was issued to get Indian ISPs to ensure that the company’s movie, Singham, which was scheduled to be released then, be blocked from pirated release on filesharing websites.

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3 years ago

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6 years, 4 months ago

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8 years, 3 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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8 years, 7 months ago

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8 years, 8 months ago

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11 years, 4 months ago

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12 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

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12 years, 9 months ago

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12 years, 9 months ago

Occupy internet

The Hindu  

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12 years, 10 months ago

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The Hindu  

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12 years, 10 months ago

The Pirate Bay, Vimeo blocked in India

Firstpost  

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13 years ago

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The Hindu  

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