Dailymotion was banned in India in May 2012,[16] but the following month, India released access to video and file-sharing sites, including Dailymotion. The Madras High Court amended its previous order, stating that only certain URLs with illegally copied content should be blocked, not entire websites. [17] Dailymotion was banned again in India in December 2014 because the government feared that the website would host videos critical of the Islamic State regime in Kashmir. [18] However, on December 31, 2014, Dailymotion was reissued in India. [18] [Why?] On 10 January 2013, Orange bought the remaining 51% for €61 million. [6] On or about May 2, 2013, the French government blocked Yahoo`s acquisition of a majority stake in Dailymotion. [7] Dailymotion has also been blocked in China and North Korea. [ref. In 2017, Dailymotion was blocked in Russia for repeated violations of Russian copyright law. [20] The comments section was completely removed around 2018 and the view counter was removed in mid-2021. From June 1 to 2, 2022, the picture-in-picture mode, which allowed browsing the website while playing a video in the lower-right corner of the screen, was removed. On February 25, 2014, Orange announced that it was in talks with Microsoft about a deal that could extend Dailymotion to the US market.

In an interview with a local TV station in Barcelona, Orange CEO Stéphane Richard said there was «great hope» that an agreement would be reached. Any agreement would result in Orange retaining a majority stake in Dailymotion. Richard said his company was also in talks with other potential partners to expand Dailymotion`s international appeal, but said discussions with others were more content-oriented. [8] Dailymotion is a French video-sharing technology platform owned by Vivendi. [1] North American launch partners included Vice Media, Bloomberg and Hearst Digital Media. [2] Dailymotion is available worldwide in 183 languages and 43 localized versions with local homepages and content. In 2017, Dailymotion expanded its presence in the U.S. with the announcement of several key executives, including Mel Behassa as SVP of Advertising (New York), Claudia Page, VP and Head of Partner Products (New York), and Shana Eddy-Grouf as Interim Head of US Content (Los Angeles). [15] In March 2005, Benjamin Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey founded the site and raised €6,000 ($9,271) from six people to launch it.

[3] In September 2006, Dailymotion raised funds in partnership with Atlas Ventures and Partech International. They raised 7 million euros, which was considered the largest number of funds in 2006 of the French Web 2.0. [ref. needed] In 2007, Dailymotion founded ASIC, along with other companies in the industry. [4] In October 2009, the French government invested in Dailymotion through the Strategic Investment Fund. On January 25, 2011, Orange acquired a 49% stake in Dailymotion for €62 million, valuing the company at €120 million. [5] In September 2020, Dailymotion partnered with Mi Video, the global video app developed by Xiaomi. [10] The partnership will help Mi Video increase its engagement with its audience and continue its growth momentum.

Mi Video users have access to Dailymotion`s global and regional catalogs of music, entertainment, sports and news. [11] Dailymotion is available in 44 countries and regions, including: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States. Dailymotion has been banned in Kazakhstan since August 2011. [19] In 2015, Vivendi acquired an 80% stake in Dailymotion from Orange S.A.[1] Vivendi increased its stake to 90% in September. [9] According to Guillaume Clément, Chief Product & Technology Officer, since 2017, the company has been using a combination of human curation and automated tools to ensure that copyright holders` rights are protected in the target location and can remove questionable or illegal content within two hours. [23] Dailymotion has been permanently blocked in Russia since January 2017 because the Moscow City Court ruled that the site repeatedly violated Russian copyright law by granting access to illegal TV content. [24] In June 2007, Dailymotion was found liable for copyright infringement by a Paris tribunal de grande instance. The judges ruled that Dailymotion is a host and not a publisher, but that it must be held liable for copyright infringements because it became aware of the presence of illegal content on its site. This illegal content may be protected by copyright uploaded to Dailymotion by its users.

The judges found that Dailymotion knew that illegal videos were being uploaded to its site and that it should therefore be held liable for acts of copyright infringement because it deliberately provided users with the means to commit the infringing acts. [21] In December 2014, Dailymotion was fined €1.3 million. The Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the site had violated the copyrights of the French television channel TF1 and the LCI news channel. The court ruled that Dailymotion had failed to take action against users who had illegally uploaded content from TF1. [22] The percentage of approved Tomatometer reviews that gave this film a positive review The head office is located at the Horizons 17 building in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. [12] [13] It was inaugurated by CBRE Investors. The ten-story building has 6,000 square meters (65,000 square feet) of space, with 5,000 square meters (54,000 square feet) occupied by offices. [12] Previously, the company was based in the 18th arrondissement. [14] Dailymotion began expanding its physical presence internationally in 2007 when the company opened its New York office. Since then, Dailymotion offices have opened in London (2009), San Francisco (2011), Singapore (2014) and Abidjan (2016).