Article 2YX8T India lost access to the Internet Archive because two Bollywood studios couldn't be bothered with takedowns

India lost access to the Internet Archive because two Bollywood studios couldn't be bothered with takedowns

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Cory Doctorow
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The mystery of yesterday's India-wide censorship orders which blocked the Internet Archive from the world's largest democracy has been solved: it was the result of complaints by two Bollywood studios, Prakash Jha Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment, who chose to target infringing copies of their movies by securing an injunction at the High Court of the Judicature at Madras, rather than sending the Internet Archive a takedown notice. (more")

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