VLC Media Player’s web site has lastly been unblocked in India, a month after the software program developer issued a discover to the federal government. Developer VideoLAN’s web site was blocked for over six months within the nation. It had issued a authorized discover to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in October, over the blocking of its web site within the nation. The organisation additionally said that it might pursue authorized treatments for the breach of the organisation’s rights below the Constitution of India and worldwide legislation. It is value noting that the federal government has beforehand endorsed VLC as a part of the Digital India programme.

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) shared a tweet on Monday confirming that the ban on VLC Media Player’s site has been lifted. As per a earlier report, VideoLAN filed a Right to Information (RTI) software with the DoT to realize extra data concerning the ban.

VICTORY 🎉@GoI_MeitY has determined to take away its ban on the web site of VLC media participant. IFF supplied authorized assist to @videolan all through this course of. (1/3)#WhatTheBlock pic.twitter.com/pW7APDAbIX

— Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) (@internetfreedom) November 14, 2022

The RTI was reportedly referred to MeitY, which claimed to don’t have any data accessible concerning the ban on the VideoLAN web site. The developer of the open-source media participant issued a authorized discover to the DoT and MeitY, stating that it had not obtained any discover previous to the ban.

VideoLAN president and lead developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf had said its web site site visitors had decreased by 20 p.c because the ban in India in February. He additionally revealed his confusion concerning the ban stating that some web service suppliers (ISP) had blocked the location in Inda whereas others had not.

In addition, the ban appeared to have solely affected the VideoLAN web site. The app remained accessible to obtain on different platforms like Google Play and App Store. VideoLAN then issued a legal notice in September to the DoT with assistance from IFF which talked about that the explanation for blocking the location had not been communicated even after six months.

In its discover to the federal government, VideoLAN had claimed that the blocking of the location violated worldwide freedom of speech obligations and in addition breached Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The organisation additionally said that it might pursue authorized treatments for the breach of its rights, in its discover issued final month.

The VideoLAN web site was accessible in India on Tuesday, and Gadgets 360 was capable of verify that the VideoLAN web site was accessible on a number of web service suppliers. Meanwhile, MeitY and the Department of Telecommuncations are but to offer a public assertion on the unblocking of the web site in India.