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You are here: Home / Google+ Posts / Facebook wants to steal your YouTube videos

Facebook wants to steal your YouTube videos

July 22, 2015 by Paul Spoerry 9 Comments

 

Now if you paste a YouTube link into Facebook they'll suggest you just upload the video directly to Facebook. ugh. I think their player is weak in comparison. If I see something I'm interested in I'll almost always just try to find it out YouTube.

In addition to just finding it's player to be the weaker contender unlike YouTube, Facebook doesn’t provide a copyright identification tool to automatically detect stolen videos — owners must find and flag them manually, which is a huge issue for content creators. They're basically taking money from content creators, people to steal videos from other services and upload them as their own. Uploading proven viral videos is a popular way to growth hack a page to success, since Facebook prioritizes native video in News Feed. But because of their setup the ACTUAL content creator doesn't get credit or cash. Stay classy Facebook… stay classy.

src: http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2015/07/22/facebook-throws-shade-at-youtube-when-you-try-to-paste-a-link/

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. Jason Wiley (Notorious J.A.Y.) says

    July 22, 2015 at 10:28 am

    Yikes. Glad I don't have Facebook

  2. Paul Spoerry says

    July 22, 2015 at 10:36 am

    But if you have a YouTube channel you make some income off of +Jason Wiley Facebook is essentially asking people to steal your content and upload it directly to their service. Shady. Super shady.

  3. Shannon Ware says

    July 22, 2015 at 10:39 am

    If you upload a video to u2b, you have the option of downloading an mp4 later (from the management panel). I have been told that there is no such option on facebook for videos.

  4. Lee Forest says

    July 22, 2015 at 10:40 am

    What was their intent when they started doing that?

  5. Jason Wiley (Notorious J.A.Y.) says

    July 22, 2015 at 10:59 am

    +Paul Spoerry Shady indeed. Thanks for sharing

  6. Candice D says

    July 22, 2015 at 11:23 am

    Just one more reason for me to keep avoiding that place…

  7. Matt Ballard (450nm) says

    July 22, 2015 at 11:24 am

    Not only are they encouraging people to steal your youtube uploads, they don't seem to take video quality seriously even if you wanted to upload original stuff. :

    Anyway, it's been a known issue for awhile, and Facebook doesn't seem inclined to do jack about it: http://mashable.com/2015/07/08/facebook-video-theft-problem/

    Takes some serious brass ones for them to add that little message…

  8. Paul Spoerry says

    July 22, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    +Lee Forest Because video is a huge draw on the net and they want you staying in their walled garden as long as possible.

    +Jason Wiley and +Candice D Yup, shady and makes me dislike them even more.

    +Matt Ballard Yup. Mega brass balls right?!

  9. West Kagle says

    July 22, 2015 at 11:43 pm

    +Paul Spoerry
    How many times must I say it.
    ……Façadebook is EVIL.
    Yet another reason I'm not on the wantonly wicked website.

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