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The VideoLAN project http://www.videolan.org/,
which is based in France , was contacted by a French tax authority https://torrentfreak.com/tax-authority-grills-vlc-player-over-link-from-a-torrent-site-170130
due to a torrent site linking to the VLC Media Player: > A few hours ago, Next INpact reported that VideoLAN had received a letter from the National Tax Investigation Branch of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance], asking for detailed information on Torrent9.biz. The reason for the inquiry is that the site in question, also accessible via Torrent9.me, has a help section http://www.torrent9.biz/aide.php
that explains how people can download torrents. This guide ends with a link to the VLC Media Player, as can be seen below image https://torrentfreak.com/image

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