Hey Guys,
I have a number of Facebook pages and Groups that I am following that are clearly using Sponsor Content (mainly videos) without their consent and for there own gain.
I went ahead and tried to report a couple of posts/videos for copyright infringment by clicking on the post/video, hitting "OPTIONS" and clicking "GIVE FEEDBACK OR REPORT POST", only problem is there is no option to report post as a copyright infrignment.
The only options given are as follows -
⦁ Nudity
⦁ Violence
⦁ Harrassment
⦁ Suicide or Self Injury
⦁ False News
⦁ Spam
⦁ Unauthorised Sales
⦁ Hate Speech
⦁ Terrorism
⦁ Something Else
So this method of having copyright infringment material removed is not going to work.
Next method I found after searching around on the Facebook support section, is to fill out a "COPYRIGHT REPORT" form which is here -
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1758255661104383
Only problem with that is on the Copyright form page it says "Use this form to report content that you believe infringes your copyright"
The keywords here are "REPORT" and "YOUR", so this method of reporting the videos would not work because I am not the Copyright Holder/Content Creator.
I tried looking up in the facebook support section if I could report copyright material if I am not the Content Creator and found a thread saying this -
"Can I report an infringement of someone else’s intellectual property (copyright or trademark)?
Only an intellectual property rights owner or their authorized representative may report a suspected infringement. If you believe content on Facebook infringes someone else’s copyright or trademark rights, you may want to let the rights owner know. "
Link is here -
https://www.facebook.com/help/401678...popular_topics
My question for all you guys is -
Can you report a Video post on Facebook for Copyright Infringment when you are not the Copyright Holder for the content being reported ?
Even if it means falsley claiming that you are the copyright holder to get the post removed.
If you guys don't think this is a good way of taking down copyright infringing content, please list below an alternative method to do so.
Maybe you guys know of a website/service that can remove Copyrighted content from Facebook.
Hope you guys can help,
Regards,