Kempf said he or his firm has not been contacted by any Indian government agency and the block is likely a result of a misunderstanding of the Chinese security issue. Security firm Symantec reported in April this year that the hacker group Cicada, which has ties with the Chinese government, was exploiting VLC Media Player as well as several other popular applications to gain remote access to the victim’s computers. Indian telecom operators have not explained why they have blocked the VideoLan website, but some speculate that it could be because of a misinterpretation of a security warning from earlier this year. The website’s traffic has seen an overall drop of 20% as a result of the blocking in India. India represents 10% of all VLC users worldwide, he said. The telecom operators began blocking the VideoLan website on February 13 of this year, when the site saw a drop of 80% in traffic from the South Asian market, he said.
VLC media player, which is developed by VideoLAN, has become a standard among Windows users not just because it’s free but because it’s powerful, customizable and, most importantly, easy to use. “Most major ISPs are banning the site, with diverse techniques,” VideoLan president and lead developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf said of the blocking in India, in an email to TechCrunch. VLC media player is a portable media player and streaming media server for Windows that can support nearly any video or audio format. VideoLan, the developer of popular media player VLC, says Indian telecom operators have been blocking its website since February of this year in a move that is potentially impacting some users in one of the open source firm’s largest markets.
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