In the legal notice, VideoLAN threatens legal action against the government if a copy of the order is not provided and offers a virtual hearing. However, Kempf clarified via email that they ultimately want their website unblocked and will wait two weeks for the government's response. They protested the lack of transparency in the blocking orders and asked the government to provide the order as well as an opportunity to defend their case. VideoLAN org, the non-profit that runs VLC Media Player, sent a legal notice to the department of telecommunications and the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) a few days ago after the government blocked the URL from which the software is downloaded.Īccording to the legal notice, their website was blocked since March 2022. Overall, Kempf said, there has been a 10 to 12 percent decrease in site visitors since the blockage began. "Since the blocking, the download rates from our website are now 10% compared to our previous downloads in India," Kempf said in response to a query. India has the highest number of VLC Media Player users, and the blocking of its website has directly translated into fewer downloads from the country as well as a drop in overall visits to its website, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, president of VideoLAN and lead developer of the media player told Moneycontrol.
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