Rolling Stone Blocked?

[lannachiangrai]

For the last week when I have tried to access rollingstone.com I get an access denied error. Any idea if it it because my IP address is outside the U.S. and rollingstone.com is blocking it or is it Thai gov't censorship? Anyone else with the same problem?

[Mrjlh]

Sure is:

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://www.rollingstone.com/" on this server. Reference #18.a72d613a.1310373543.126474ea

But I'm not a follower anyway!

[sbk]

Looks like they are blocking the IP, I can access it using strongvpn and downforme says its up.

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[RKASA]

http://www1.rollingstone.com/topics/rslive

You can start here and get some stuff note the www1

[Ping]

Above doesn't work for most things - eg if you do a search (even adding the 1 to www) you don't get to the main site - it seems that the www1 thing is a minor mirrow.

[DowntownAl]

Just bumping this since rollingstone.com is still being blocked - Why?

[LivinLOS]

Because they did factual articles that where critical of you know who...

Cant have a freedom of the press now can we ?? People might start getting ideas..

[schondie]

I just stumbled upon this thread and thought of the problem I had a couple of months ago accessing a Matt Taibbi article. I ended up solving the problem with a very simple solution.

Send me a message if you need help with access. Just a plain solution to an annoying problem.

[h90]

Looks like they are blocking the IP, I can access it using strongvpn and downforme says its up.

We want to hear from you! Here's how to get in touch with the Rolling Stone staff:

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1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10104 - 0298

(212) 484-1616

Click here to view the RollingStone.com Staff

To submit a letter to the editor regarding something you read in Rolling Stone magazine, contact letters (at) rollingstone.com

To reach the editors of Rolling Stone or RollingStone.com with a press release, story idea, correction or news tip, contact editors (at)rollingstone.com

For all publicity queries, contact publicity (at) rollingstone.com

If your question or issue cannot be resolved using Subscriber Services, you can contact Rolling Stone Magazine by mail:

Rolling Stone Customer Service

PO Box 6003

Harlan, IA 51593

Please be sure to include the name and address the subscription is going to, as well as the specifics of your customer service complaint or request.

it looks more like the rolling stone blocks ips from thailand.....

[sbk]

Yes this is common and has more to do with licensing and distribution. Hulu won't let Thailand IP's access their videos, alot of the US tv stations are the same.

[Renbe]

No problem: http://mousematrix.com/ejfllywj.php?b65AYZd0MkeZ73Br6vSIg=armQ3QDGTIp5H3B4DokjH4ODDbAUcXq9XgIS4sfgGkksTpfOM%2B0l8U8qNKf39K%2FU

[bobl]

Don't blame Thailand for this one.

Rolling Stone seem to have implemented geolocation blocking presumably because God forbid their free, public content was free and public to "the world"

It's not Wenner Media - "Men's Journal" is still accessible.

Welcome to the 21st century^{© ® (all rights reserved) mafiaa}

[wans]

a lot of paysites block many countries including Thailand because there is no money in it, in fact it costs them money with paybacks and server costs

[handSumMan]

topic bump, still blocked what a joke ... they don't lose money on the servers either like dude said ... it's politics .. simple as that ...

[Chicog]

I can get it in the sandpit so it must be Thailand who they've got the hump with.

[emanphoto]

A better address is just http://mousematrix.com and thank you Renbe for that! Censorship/blocking/whatever is a major pet peeve of mine.

Also one can use Tor Browser. https://www.torproject.org/

It seems slower than mousematrix.com but I think it gives more protection. Also mousematrix.com "turns off" java script in the browser window you're using to go to hulu or rollingstone, whereas with some fiddling, you can allow flash and java to run in Tor browser, but thus disabling some of it's safety features.

In any case, Tor cannot get you into hulu.

No problem: http://mousematrix.com/ejfllywj.php?b65AYZd0MkeZ73Br6vSIg=armQ3QDGTIp5H3B4DokjH4ODDbAUcXq9XgIS4sfgGkksTpfOM%2B0l8U8qNKf39K%2FU

[Tywais]

Rolling stones is also blocking Chinese access to them. To reiterate, it's Rollingstones who are putting geo-blocks on not Thai government. This article has a pet name for it, 'geotarded'

http://www.techinasia.com/rolling-stone-website-china/

[Mrjlh]

Just curious....it is working from the states right now, so it is functional.

Is it working from Thailand now?

http://www.rollingstone.com/

[beautifulthailand99]

Searched for Thailand on RS search from the UK and there is nothing that should upset a Thai censor.

[bobl]

Once again, for those who don't bother to read the whole thread...

It is not blocked by Thailand. It is blocked from Thailand by the publishers.

You can access it very easily using a proxy, without breaking any Thai laws (since it's not Thailand that's blocking it).

[Monkey Fish]

It's working at the moment ...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music

[jaideeguy]

for me too with TOT. Thanks for reminding me about RS, as I had forgot what a great source of info and alternative press.

[ardsong]

yep , normally working now for me

[SeaVisionBurma]

Yep - working on 3BB