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I just found out that https://annas-archive.li/ https://annas-archive.li/ is masked by my German internet provider (SIM.de/Drillisch). I usually use a VPN but I

I just found out that https://annas-archive.li/ https://annas-archive.li/ is masked by my German internet provider (SIM.de/Drillisch). I usually use a VPN but I had it switched off temp. to watch Fallout (Prime Video won't let you watch through a VPN). Only when I switched Mullvad back on could I open the site. I didn't know German providers do this.

iknowstuff 10mo ago
In that vein, I am trying to find out why searching for alextud popcorntime which should trivially yield http://github.com/alextud/PopcornTimeTV http://github.com/alextud/PopcornTimeTV results in anything but that one particular URL in every search engine: Google, Kagi, DuckDuckGo, Bing They even find a fork of that particular repo, which in turn links back to it, but refuse to show the result I want. Have't found any DMCA notices. What is going on?
- ticoombs 10mo ago
  They have marked the repo as noindex (or GitHub is forcing a noindex header). Its returning a noindex flag so every serp is correctly doing what the repo has been asked. That is... except for brave! I checked on my searx instance and it still showed up in brave's results
- ZeWaka 10mo ago
  Very interesting. The security page does show up on kagi at #6. I wonder if GitHub flags it to not be indexed or something.
- Mythli 10mo ago
  Try Yandex search, trust me later. It has 0 censorship - regarding pirated content at least.
junon 10mo ago
Was also shocked to see that (Berlin, Telekom here).
oarfish 10mo ago
Yeah this is actually quite nefarious, as it is a private organization that decides what sites get blocked, with no legal oversight. - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearingstelle_Urheberrecht_im_Internet https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearingstelle_Urheberrecht_im... - https://netzpolitik.org/2024/cuii-liste-diese-websites-sperren-provider-freiwillig/ https://netzpolitik.org/2024/cuii-liste-diese-websites-sperr... Its a DNS based block, so overriding your default DNS server is enough to circumvent it. I think Dns over Https also works.
- NoahZuniga 10mo ago
  Pretty sure this was a thing in the past, but that currently it has to be a court order.
  - oarfish 10mo ago
    The wikipedia article seems to concur with you, although this seems to be a voluntary policy by CUII, the members could still decide to not wait for any court orders and block whatever they want.
    - wobfan 10mo ago
      https://netzpolitik.org/2025/die-cuii-gibt-auf-fuer-netzsperren-braucht-es-jetzt-einen-gerichtsentscheid/ https://netzpolitik.org/2025/die-cuii-gibt-auf-fuer-netzsper... It's not voluntary anymore, it's required.
      - oarfish 9mo ago
        > Daher habe die Bundesnetzagentur die CUII gebeten, die Überprüfung mutmaßlich urheberrechtsverletzender Seiten künftig gerichtlich vornehmen zu lassen. this is not a requirement, they're just asking. The BNetzA just wants to not deal with it apparently. See also the recent CCC talk: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-cuii-wie-konzerne-heimlich-webseiten-in-deutschland-sperren https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-cuii-wie-konzerne-heimlich-webse...
croemer 10mo ago
I think it's a DNS level block. I've been using NextDNS (free plan) and one side effect (besides auto ad block) is that it doesn't have those blocks. Highly recommend - there are alternative services as well, just saw NextDNS recommended here. Alternative: https://archive.ph/2025.12.21-050644/https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html https://archive.ph/2025.12.21-050644/https://annas-archive.l...
- grumbelbart 10mo ago
  Someone compiled a list of blocked domains (by probing different DNS servers): https://cuiiliste.de/ https://cuiiliste.de/ This is also how, for example, RT is blocked in Germany.
polytely 10mo ago
Also true in the Netherlands, I hate these copyright freaks constantly trying to restrict access.
sva_ 10mo ago
They also block some foreign "news" like Russia Today last time I checked.

iknowstuff 10mo ago

In that vein, I am trying to find out why searching for alextud popcorntime which should trivially yield http://github.com/alextud/PopcornTimeTV http://github.com/alextud/PopcornTimeTV results in anything but that one particular URL in every search engine: Google, Kagi, DuckDuckGo, Bing They even find a fork of that particular repo, which in turn links back to it, but refuse to show the result I want. Have't found any DMCA notices. What is going on?

ticoombs 10mo ago
They have marked the repo as noindex (or GitHub is forcing a noindex header). Its returning a noindex flag so every serp is correctly doing what the repo has been asked. That is... except for brave! I checked on my searx instance and it still showed up in brave's results
ZeWaka 10mo ago
Very interesting. The security page does show up on kagi at #6. I wonder if GitHub flags it to not be indexed or something.
Mythli 10mo ago
Try Yandex search, trust me later. It has 0 censorship - regarding pirated content at least.

junon 10mo ago

Was also shocked to see that (Berlin, Telekom here).

oarfish 10mo ago

Yeah this is actually quite nefarious, as it is a private organization that decides what sites get blocked, with no legal oversight. - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearingstelle_Urheberrecht_im_Internet https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearingstelle_Urheberrecht_im... - https://netzpolitik.org/2024/cuii-liste-diese-websites-sperren-provider-freiwillig/ https://netzpolitik.org/2024/cuii-liste-diese-websites-sperr... Its a DNS based block, so overriding your default DNS server is enough to circumvent it. I think Dns over Https also works.

NoahZuniga 10mo ago
Pretty sure this was a thing in the past, but that currently it has to be a court order.
- oarfish 10mo ago
  The wikipedia article seems to concur with you, although this seems to be a voluntary policy by CUII, the members could still decide to not wait for any court orders and block whatever they want.
  - wobfan 10mo ago
    https://netzpolitik.org/2025/die-cuii-gibt-auf-fuer-netzsperren-braucht-es-jetzt-einen-gerichtsentscheid/ https://netzpolitik.org/2025/die-cuii-gibt-auf-fuer-netzsper... It's not voluntary anymore, it's required.
    - oarfish 9mo ago
      > Daher habe die Bundesnetzagentur die CUII gebeten, die Überprüfung mutmaßlich urheberrechtsverletzender Seiten künftig gerichtlich vornehmen zu lassen. this is not a requirement, they're just asking. The BNetzA just wants to not deal with it apparently. See also the recent CCC talk: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-cuii-wie-konzerne-heimlich-webseiten-in-deutschland-sperren https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-cuii-wie-konzerne-heimlich-webse...

croemer 10mo ago

I think it's a DNS level block. I've been using NextDNS (free plan) and one side effect (besides auto ad block) is that it doesn't have those blocks. Highly recommend - there are alternative services as well, just saw NextDNS recommended here. Alternative: https://archive.ph/2025.12.21-050644/https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html https://archive.ph/2025.12.21-050644/https://annas-archive.l...

grumbelbart 10mo ago
Someone compiled a list of blocked domains (by probing different DNS servers): https://cuiiliste.de/ https://cuiiliste.de/ This is also how, for example, RT is blocked in Germany.

polytely 10mo ago

Also true in the Netherlands, I hate these copyright freaks constantly trying to restrict access.

sva_ 10mo ago

They also block some foreign "news" like Russia Today last time I checked.