IMDb.com Will Not Load via VPN Connection

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Hello, IMDb community.

I've been an active contributing member of IMDb.com since the summer of 2005, and I've been a site user longer than that. 
With the ever-increasing presence of cyber-crime, I've been taking the precaution of connecting to the Internet via a virtual private network (VPN) for about two years. During that time, my connections to and interest in the worlds of TV- and filmmaking have made visiting IMDb.com an almost daily occurrence. Until a few days ago, I'd never had any problem getting to the site. Now, unfortunately, IMDb.com will not load when I'm using my VPN. When I turn it off, the site loads normally, which is how I'm able to write this, with the hope of learning why this is happening (or not happening) and whether this is a purposeful and permanent situation. 

If anyone can shed light on this problem or, even better, offer some kind of solution, I'd certainly appreciate it. I can't imagine I'm the only IMDb fan these days who uses a VPN, so there may be other people who'd like to know more about this, too. 

Thank you!
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We do not specifically block VPN access to IMDb.  Please can you try with another browser on the same system (or an incognito / private browsing session) in case you have badly cached some of the data required for IMDb to function correctly? 

If that does not work, the best advice is to report the problem to your VPN provider to see if they can explain / fix the problem. 

One possibility is that other users on the same VPN have been violating IMDb's terms and conditions and perhaps trying to scrape the site, triggering some automatic blocking. Your VPN provider may be able to advise on this.  Alternatively if you can share details of the VPN you are using the IP address range, we can investigate -- you may prefer to do this via http://www.imdb.com/helpdesk/contact_form?subject=GS%20fallback (and please reference this conversation in your message)
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This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Add title to Watchlist: 405 Method Not Allowed.

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