DailyMotion Blocked in Russia

Popular video-hosting platform was permanently blocked in the country following the complaints from copyright owners. The local court ordered the ISPs to block the French platform over repeated allegations of copyright violation, which the company had failed to adequately address.

 

Copyright holders in Russia file complaints over “pirate” websites at the court, and if infringing content is not removed within 14 days, the court can take action, normally ordering local Internet service providers to ban errant sites. The problem is that legitimate platforms can also suffer: for example, video-hosting giant DailyMotion has just fallen the victim of the site-blocking mechanism. The court ordered ISPs to block it, which means that the website will soon be rendered inaccessible to Russian users.

The first complaints over the platform were filed last year by Gazprom Media, which found its video clips from the TV channel hosted on DailyMotion without its permission. The company sent several complaints to the site operators, but no response was received.

Gazprom Media obtained an order to block DailyMotion URLs at least twice last year, but after finding new infringing content, the company ran out of patience and referred to repeat infringer laws. When DailyMotion repeatedly failed to remove the clips from its platform, it was deemed a repeat infringer, and local ISPs were ordered to block the site on a permanent basis. All Russian ISPs are required to block DailyMotion within 7 days. It is also known that DailyMotion failed to appeal the ruling within the prescribed time limit and was put on a list of serious repeat infringers (along with notorious torrent website RuTracker, for example) who are blocked “forever” in Russia.

In response, DailyMotion claimed they were unaware of any ongoing court procedure and would try to resolve the problem. In fact, being labeled a repeat infringer by a competent court is no good news for the site operators who also own Universal Music, TV company Canal+, and have interests in game publishers Ubisoft and Gamesloft.

It is unknown how the permanent block can be lifted in Russia, but DailyMotion promised to do its best to appeal the decision of the court and repair reputational damage.

Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.

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