Our partner “checked4you” reports on the topic of copyright: Facebook’s tool against “freebooting” The Rights Manager can detect whether videos have been uploaded illegally . This is what you should know about it.

It's so simple, but also illegal: rip (i.e. record) a film on any video platform like YouTube and upload it again somewhere else.

freebooting and it caused a lot of trouble among YouTubers in mid-2015. Their videos were recorded and uploaded to Facebook. Those who uploaded the videos didn't care about copyright.

Now Facebook has introduced a service that is intended to combat freebooting. Anyone who uploads illegally ripped videos will be caught more quickly and will face hefty warnings .

Rights manager compares Facebook videos

What does Facebook do? It offers operators of Facebook pages the opportunity to register for Rights Manager .

So if you want to check whether your videos are being distributed illegally on Facebook, you first have to create a Facebook page. There he uploads so-called reference videos with which the network compares all other films. allfacebook.de explains how to use the tool .


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For users who like to share videos, this means one thing above all: Anyone who re-uploads someone else's ripped video to Facebook as their own will soon be easier to get caught! This is not about uncritically sharing a video (by clicking on the “Share” button within Facebook).

We explain what is allowed and what is not allowed in online videos in our copyright FAQ .

Source: check4you.de

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