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If the Indian government doesn’t respond, what measures does VideoLAN, being based out of France, reasonably have? They can’t really sue the Indian authorities.
by stevewatson301 4y ago
If the Indian government doesn’t respond, what measures does VideoLAN, being based out of France, reasonably have? They can’t really sue the Indian authorities.
- ovi256 4y agoThey can sue, they'd have to hire a local lawyer of course. If the Indian gov can take action affecting you, being able to petition for redress is essential for rule of law.
- unmole 4y ago> They can’t really sue the Indian authorities. They can. It's likely the Internet Freedom Foundation will assist them in doing that.
- jbk 4y agoThat’s indeed my plan…
- red_trumpet 4y agoAccording to the article, they work together with the Internet Freedom Foundation[1], which is a NGO based in India. [1] https://internetfreedom.in/ https://internetfreedom.in/
- minraws 4y ago> They can’t really sue the Indian authorities. I can't say we are doing the best things but at least you can still bring the govt to court here in India. Judicial system here is slow, but it at least still works...
- baybal2 4y ago> Judicial system here is slow, but it at least still works... Defaults in India are very fast.
- baybal2 4y agoThey can throw the show cause notice, and get a default in 1 month if nobody responds.
- qart 4y agoI wonder if someone in the government has something against France. http://free.fr/ http://free.fr/ has been blocked in India since years! There are quite a few open source related websites hosted there, all inaccessible to me over clearnet.