Why 'What Was I Made For' Clips Keep Vanishing from Dailymotion: the Digital Copyright Crackdown
By Sophia Al-Mansoor
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the United States and the EU Digital Services Act, platforms like Dailymotion avoid liability for copyright infringement only if they comply with strict regulatory obligations. They must maintain an effective notice-and-takedown system and terminate repeat infringers.
Should a hosting platform ignore formal takedown notices, it forfeits statutory safe harbor protections. That loss leaves company directors open to civil liability carrying damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work. Major record labels have repeatedly sued mid-sized web platforms that dragged their feet on compliance.
Dailymotion’s compliance strategy focuses on swift appeasement of major copyright bodies. The platform cannot afford prolonged legal clashes with Warner Music Group or Universal. When label algorithms flag "What Was I Made For," Dailymotion removes the file without manual review, logging a strike against the uploader’s profile.
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