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[dovahkiin]

so let me get this straight , one media company who happens to be a telco too , and has 50/50 tie up with dreamworks could get john doe order from delh hc to to take out huge number of sites !! or the isps did it ? something very wrong in our system . but congrats battle of webz in india has just began, hope some ppl realize the imp of indie blogs in this plus the power of fb and tweets , you are going need them.

 

[agantuk]

^ It is the ISPs, not Reliance. Reliance got a John Doe order to curb piracy of Singham. Now the beauty of the John Doe order is that it is issued against 'an unknown entity' in anticipation since it is not know who could cause the damage. This gives Reliance the ability to even sue the ISPs if they enable (intentionally or otherwise) transfer / access of pirated copies of Singham. The ISPs therefore peed in their pants and blocked access to the file sharing websites.

 

[sanke1]

Look we are on neowin

Thanks for all the credit

 

[agantuk]

Wow. Getting linked from neowin is excellent indeed. In fact, thanks to the thread title, this is the first result that comes up when someone searches using the error message displayed.

 

[Jonas]

Look we are on neowin

Thanks for all the credit

I think, you have been credited for the image and you have linked to Zdnet as the source.

Correct me if am wrong, but where have you given the credits to Broadbandforum.in ?

 

[jamie]

^ It is the ISPs, not Reliance. Reliance got a John Doe order to curb piracy of Singham. Now the beauty of the John Doe order is that it is issued against 'an unknown entity' in anticipation since it is not know who could cause the damage. This gives Reliance the ability to even sue the ISPs if they enable (intentionally or otherwise) transfer / access of pirated copies of Singham. The ISPs therefore peed in their pants and blocked access to the file sharing websites.

Mostly right. My take on this:-
How John Doe order was passed to begin with, does it not violate the rights of customers?
Does it not set a precedent for other filmmakers to follow suit?
Quoting Big Pictures VP (Music and Anti Piracy) Sanjay Tandon : the order doesn’t necessitate blocking an entire website, but only that ISPs should not make the film Singham accessible: the order only pertains to the access of the film.
Now here's the kicker since it is against an unknown entity ISPs could have strongly contested the order citing lack of sufficient info against the would be specific source of pirated content.
However, the ISPs didn't contest the order. Why?
It is a known fact that ISPs treat bandwidth as a precious commodity & try to get maximum no.of users within their total available bandwidth,that is why u have data usage plans,Fair Usage Policy. By allowing a ban to be imposed on filesharing sites they appear to be effectively saving bandwidth.
Moreover, it will also reduce the bandwidth usage of some customers who actually use filesharing sites, effectively reducing the hammering on their servers especially during peak usage hours.
I guess it is a win-win situation for both the parties involved.So I don't think ISPs peed in their pants.
On the contrary, ISPs could have got a b*ner on hearing Singham John Doe order.

 

[raj1402]

of the above quote link-removed.com and link-removed are blockd rest not blockd(airtel chennai)
https://link-removed.com/ works

now link-removed works and if i type link-removed AG, Cham, Switzerland it automatically transfers to secure site of link-removed(https)

 

[Jaxx89]

can someone hack Reliance and Indian govt. websites so they learn a lesson and unban these sites

 

[aogoi]

I will never watch any movie in cinema if this continues.if these sites are banned forever, this is my oppose for ever. I will go near by street and buy the pirated movies only and they can not ban this

 

[agantuk]

^ You speak as if watching pirated movies is a birth right!