Facebook Updates Rights Manager Tool to Address 'Freebooting'

Facebook finally has a better solution to freebooting — the common practice of stealing video and uploading it to one’s Facebook Page to reap the engagement and audience growth. Facebook's update to the its Rights Manager tool that launched last year includes the new option to “claim ad earnings” on other people’s uploads of a video you own.

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