DailyMotion suffers the wrath of Russia with permanent ban nationwide
The Moscow City Court has ordered that DailyMotion be permanently blocked in Russia after the popular video-hosting platform reportedly failed to adequately handle repeated allegations of copyright infringement. TorrentFreak reports the France-based video hub purportedly failed to comply with multiple takedown notices from local broadcasting holding Gazprom Media dating back to 2016. As a result, the site will soon be rendered inaccessible to users nationwide. Gazprom told the Russian Gazeta its representatives discovered and reported several videos that were hosted on the French YouTube competitor without any permission. When DailyMotion ignored the complaints, the local media giant took it to state watchdog Roskomnadzor, which filed…
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