Facebook is removing videos with copyright content such as videos and background music. Just this week, a video I created when my family and I cut down the xmas tree in 2008 (uploaded Dec. 29, 2008) got removed proactively due to the Feliz Navidad song I used for background music. I’ve seen YouTube do that before and some sites that just remove the audio track depending on what part of the video has the copyright material. You must acknowledge the message or file a counter if you think they are incorrect.
Here is a snapshot of the message I received when I logged into Facebook today (also received it via email):
Has this happened to you? What do you think Facebook should do since I assume they are getting told by the music companies? Add a comment below. Thanks and have a great week.
Randy Ksar
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I just received this very message. I am SO irritated. I pay for my music downloads legitimately through iTunes and make private vlogs that I post to my private facebook page that do include my legally purchased music as background music. I don’t know what facebook should do. I wish they would simply leave my videos alone.
I too have uploaded slide shows I have made of my kids. I can’t believe that they remove it. Do you think someone actually complains or do you think Facebook does this on there own?
Yes, I do believe that have a contractor to look thru all the videos on a weekly basis and remove them. YouTube does the same thing. It’s a legal issue and they have no choice.
it’s a legal issue with a LOT of grey area. We are entitled to the same use of the music (much like Dj’s and radio programs) under the FAIR USE clause under the Copyright laws. However, even though Youtube.com has gradually allowed more and more copyrighted material so long as credit and/or the ability to embed the video is disabled. HOWEVEr, the business practitioners in palo alto (facebook headquarters) are too cowardice to fight against the RIAA, the governing agent behind copyrighted music. Mind you, the RIAA is also the same company which 50 years ago attempted to ban all music from ever being played on the radio or in social gatherings. Talk about a fascist organization.
Facebook doesn’t have the testicular fortitude to fight against the RiAA so they just give in like the losers they are.
This has happened to me twice now- the second time being the ‘final straw’ for facebook. They have now disabled the video application on my profile, rendering my abilities to post any new videos void.
Needless to say- i’m pretty pissed.
The music i play in the background of my vlogs and wall posts is all legal. Who is going to rip 25 seconds of “a millie” played through an internal mic of my laptop?!
its not thet facebook and youtube have no choice, they are just spineless cowards that do not want to take the time to fight for their customer…their primary source of income (albeit advertisements). The music industry namely the nazi-esque RIAA has been attempting to censor and bar any usage of copyrighted music. Originally it was to prevent profiteering and or obtaining music by means other than original purchase. Then, the RIAA had the audacity to attempt to fight the radio stations telling them that they could not play their music, until they realized how much free advertising they were getting. Will the RIAA shape up? I highly doubt it. They need to be kept happy making their bouge 7 figure incomes so I say…go to limewire, share your music with the world and let the record labels suffer with harsh financial losses and then they will learn.
Just received one of these emails this AM. I am guessing because I used RHCP in the background since I recorded with no audio. Who the hell wants to watch a vid with no audio? If I could play guitar and sing I would put my own on there. What about all the vids with the radio on or a stereo playing? Is that not the same thing? I am not profiting from this, I am just making it more enjoyable to watch. Stupid RIAA and facebook.
I’ve received the same thing twice. It’s RIDICULOUS!!! I pay for all my songs legally on iTunes as well… and I PAY for it, to USE it! My word… what next? Is North Face going to make me blur their logo if I’m wearing their clothes in a video?!?! The artists shouldn’t have ANY problem with this, because really what they’re getting is FREE PUBLICITY!!! More people discover new music/artists via youtube videos, commercials etc than most of the other ways. PATHETIC, they need to grow up and quit acting like whinny little babies.
Amber you make an EXCELLENT point. Should we all stop wearing any kind of logo for anything…because it’s the same concept.
I suspect I am going to get one of these nastygrams soon. I spent HOURS editing this really cute video with stills from the last 8 months of an international assignment for my job in Spain. I am not making money from it…I simply wanted to sum up all of the fun I have had and share that with the friends I have made. I used “Do-Re-Mi” for the song. It was fine for about 12 hours but then I just got an email from someone saying that they tried to look at it and there was a message that it was removed due to privacy or copyright.
They need to get RIGHT OVER themselves. At this point, You Tube SUCKS because there’s nothing left on it anymore.
Yeah I made a Video on my Mac mac mini using iMovie ‘09 I had T-Pain Blame It song they took the video off. I’m not playing that crap, so I’m shutting my Face-Book account down rather have my own website.
I made a video and posted it recently on FaceBook, that had some RATATAT in the background, and I credited them in the caption. They removed it and sent me the notification email, so I uploaded it again, and removed the credit from the caption, thinking it was probably a keyword finder program or something, but got another notice this morning, so it must actually be a live person.
I could see if I was using this in a feature film, or a commercial or something that I was profiting from, it being an issue, but it was a video of me building a kayak. If they no longer let me access videos, I’m deleting my account.
i made a video tribute in memory of a friend that past away and these BASTARDS thought it necessary to remove the video. It was just a slideshow using Leona Lewis’ “yesterday”. These heartless sons of bitches. I know where the head quarters is and if i didn’t have a steady head on my shoulders I would seriously consider sending them a major virus to completely screw up their programming. They have attempted to block my uploading, but osmehow I’ve always found a way around it. By the way, Youtube is no longer blocking copyrighted content, at least they haven’t in my case.
Viva la resistance…and F FACEBOOK
What a colossal disappointment… I guess I’ll have to begin composing my own songs… The first one will be entitled “Facebook Sucks”. This might be fun.
Use http://www.vimeo.com, They don’t give a beep what you put up there. It’s great quality too.
I worked freakin hard on a travel video and used background music that I purchased. This is BS! For the hell of it, I’m going to try reversing the audio track of my video and see if it still gets recognized.
Does anybody know if MobileMe restricts copyright protected content? I’m running out of options for sharing my vids. Am I going to have to burn and mail a DVD each time I create a movie??
Agree that is total crap. I tried to upload a short video with pictures and video that I took on a climbing trip to Yosemite Valley – removed within seconds because it had a background track that I paid for on iTunes.
What really pisses me off is that I tried to load it to Facebook to avoid freely distributing material – I made it available only to my Facebook friends, not the whole f-ing world. What’s next? If someone else is in the room and I play the video on my computer am I going to jail? What if I play music that I bought with my car windows down? Do the passerby have to block their ears or I pay a fine?
This is not a copyright issue – it is the “ways the RIAA can try to make money” issue. Distributing MP3s via file sharing programs? I agree – not okay. Using a single song to provide some background for independent filming and editing? Please. This is infuriating.
i just tried posting a video on my facebook me and my freinds made for a competition. We made a music video of Ace of Spades by motorhead (better be carefull this comment might get removed for saying the title). It got removed almost imidiantly for copyright purposes even though we had permission throught the competition to use the song. I am so sick of youtube and facebook being pricks about music. Do we not have any right of free speech anymore
I just uploaded a cover of a song and it instantly gets removed… in 1 minute… what the hell? I practiced weeks on that song and facebook just f_ it over…
I agree with many of you. Who knew that when we purchased a song that our use of the song would be so limited. It’s a shame really but what can we do? Is there anyway around it?
If I trim the song will it still show up as copyrighted material?
Doesn’t this info at this link give us some power to upload videos?
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
I mean, it’s not like we’re uploading them and making a profit. Such bullshit. I uploaded a video twice recently and both times wouldn’t stay up. I spent hours making it. Such a bummer
1) We pay for the song to use it
2) The way we use it is not for monetary gain
3) It is free advertisment for the artist
Instead of our videos getting taken down, we should be PAID for advertising.
If at all, some of my friends never heard of some music I use as background music and end up purchasing the music!
I uploaded a video of my family on vacation, but to squeeze a bunch of clips into one video but still make it entertaining I put music in the background. A few minutes after it uploaded I got the same message. And this was the SECOND time I did it! The vacation video had the song “Everytime We Touch” in it… And the other video was just a lot of clips of me and my friends with the song “I’m Only Me When I’m With You.” But they didn’t delete that! (yet) I want to put music in my videos, but I don’t want to lose my video privledges (I enjoy filming) or lose my facebook account! Making another account would be to inconvenient… I expected this from YouTube but not from Facebook.
there is a loophole that works on youtube (works by editing the audio track slightly, by changing the pitch or tempo 5%) does anyone know if this loophole works for facebook?
Well, let’s deconstruct this: The problem is that Facebook make money through providing a service/content that is supported by advertising. People go on there and share info, and while they share information, they are subjected to ads.
If the content that people share winds up having been copyrighted by someone else, then it Facebook is in legal jeopardy. In other words, the users are sharing the info under their Fair Use, but since that info becomes part of the service from which FB derives its profits, the company is in clear legal jeopardy because it is making money from content that it does not own, regardless of whether it was the users’ Fair Use or not.
So yeah, it’s annoying for FB users — I went through it myself — but I can definitely see FB’s legal dilemma.
I HATE IT AND I THINK ITSZ FREAKING STUPID. GOD people are just SO ANNOYING. itsz jus a video. GOSHHHHHHHHHHH
So there is no way to put a personal video with music unless the music is your own song…written by you? Then how do people, such as the infamous ‘wedding dance’ couple who used that music by Chris Brown as they danced down the isle? Were they doing something illegal????
Use dropbox.com – they let you upload for free and then post a link to your video on facebook.
You would think that artists & music companies would appreciate the free advertising from fans… I think what really ticks me off is that the only people suffering ARE the FANS!!
they should just not have ads on the video pages then. Oh, wait, then they would be providing their service. Nevermind.
I agree with everyone. However, the last time I looked Facebook just like YouTube is free. You get what you pay for.
It happened to me once and it bugged me so badly I almost quit Facebook. Why isn’t my Wall and my Profile MINE. If I invite people over my house I play music or we watch movies. FB is the same dang thing but only virtual because we can’t always physically get together, especially at great distances. Does anyone know if MySpace does the same thing?