[PLUG] Github, pastebin blocked

Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे mandarvaze at gmail.com
Thu Jan 1 13:09:44 IST 2015


On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Nishit Dave <stargazer.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On one hand, we have people who don't even have the basic concept* of
> copyright (or even propriety), and on the other, an unholy nexus of greedy
> media companies and hand-in-glove or plain dumb regulators who will ride
> roughshod on citizens' rights just to protect petty interests. Then you
> have the Information Technology Act.
>
> Are people willing to take the fight to the opposite camp? It's really
> tough to get organised, enlist support, and represent with perseverance.
> Are we willing to invest time, when everyone seems to be so busy and
> otherwise engaged in productive labours?
>
> I don't know. All I expect to see are online petitions that even I would
> ignore.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nishit Dave
>
> * Overheard at an upmarket mall: "C'mon beta, why should we buy that DVD?
> I'll download the movie for you!" Awesome parenting.
> On 31 Dec 2014 15:21, "Sudhanwa Jogalekar" <sudhanwa.com at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Pastebin-Dailymotion-Github-blocked-after-DoT-order-Report/articleshow/45701713.cms
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> >
>

Reply from Nitish seems "top posted *to me*"  - yet mine was rejected for
that reason
Double standards ?

-Mandar



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