Qatar ISP blocked Shutterstock!?

Smoked.Salmon
By Smoked.Salmon

I can't believe they'd block a stock photo website that I've been using in Qatar forever and am a paying member to. Considering the rest of the stock photo sites are still active this is ridiculous. What is prohibited content, a photo of a pig? SO annoying.

By hungmynd• 11 Jun 2011 10:13
hungmynd

id check the site it is still working dude!

i sue this site also in philippines because it offer best budget promo.. =)

By anonymous• 11 Jun 2011 08:31
anonymous

oh yes shaine u were fst

By anonymous• 8 Jun 2011 08:24
anonymous

The best way to do is what Lostindreemz said

Its really helpfull

By baldrick2dogs• 8 Jun 2011 08:18
baldrick2dogs

Works ok for me :o)

http://www.shutterstock.com/?gclid=CPa8vJ7HpakCFQd66wod6RwHuA

By HBoss26• 8 Jun 2011 07:43
Rating: 2/5
HBoss26

Kareena Flickr, dvart, and lots more has the one you describe but it is not blocked, i stock all my photos in flickr site. flickr is blocked in UAE i wish it wont happen here...

By Kareena74• 8 Jun 2011 07:27
Kareena74

I see.. I guess in that case the only plausible explanation could be that it had nude pornographic pictures of women that is why they blocked it..

By Smoked.Salmon• 8 Jun 2011 01:10
Smoked.Salmon

Thanks all. @ Kareena Shutterstock is a website (like istockphoto.com) where you can purchase images for graphic design. Say for example you wanted clipart of a Dolphin (which was what I happened to need tonight) you can go on there and search from thousands of results and buy the one you want. I should stop looking for Dolphins...it's wrong apparently.

By Kareena74• 7 Jun 2011 22:39
Kareena74

What is shutterstock?

By Kareena74• 7 Jun 2011 22:39
Kareena74

What is shutterstock?

By anonymous• 7 Jun 2011 21:56
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

Yeah use hotspot shield.(search on google). It's a private VPN. There is one more thing you can try: if it a paid-to-access site then I am pretty sure it allows connection on https protocol. In simple words, it allows its member to access the site through a secure connection. Add s after p in "http://" to see if it works...

By FlyingAce• 7 Jun 2011 21:32
FlyingAce

Nothing New....

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