VideoLAN in its court notice demanded a reasoned blocking order issued for banning of the URL along with a chance to defend its case via virtual hearing. Kempf also called the ban “shocking” and an irony because the government of India itself endorses VLC Media Player as part of its Digital India initiative. In a court challenge addressed to K Rajaraman, chairman DCC & Secretary (T), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, Kempf highlighted that the imposed ban violated the Rule 8 of Information Technology Rules that mandates a government official issuing a blocking order to issue a notice to that person or provide a reasoned blocking order to the person concerned prior to the hearing. Kempf said that the company did not receive any prior notice for the ban and despite huge public uproar, the government failed to provide reasons for the ban. The page shows a download button in blue colour.Īfter discovering a silent blocking on the media player service since March, VideoLAN’s president Jean-Baptiste Kempf sent a legal notice to MeitY in September demanding a legit reason for the blocking. Those wanting to download should go to and download VLC to run media files on most of the platforms.

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