Indian telecom operators have been blocking VideoLAN’s website, where it lists links to downloading VLC, since February of this year, VideoLAN president and lead developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf told TechCrunch in an earlier interview.“Most major ISPs [internet service providers] are banning the site, with diverse techniques,” he said of the blocking in India.The telecom operators began blocking the VideoLan website on February 13 of this year, when the site saw a drop of 80% in traffic from the South Asian market, he said.Indian telecom operators have not explained why they have blocked the VideoLAN website, but some speculate that it could be because of a misinterpretation of a security warning from earlier this year.But by blocking the website, India is pushing its citizens to “shady websites that are running hacked version of VLC."