{"id":1086,"date":"2026-08-13T02:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2026-08-13T02:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:12:29","slug":"gaps-in-meta-policy-to-protect-copyright-material-says-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"Gaps in Meta policy to protect copyright material, says judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133195843,imgsize-84774,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/court.jpg\" alt=\"Gaps in Meta policy to protect copyright material, says judge\" title=\"A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool\">A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi-high-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi high court<\/a> Wednesday asked Meta to explain the criteria it follows to grant users access to its copyright management tool, Rights Manager, for Facebook and Instagram.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool and, thus, were unable to protect their original content whose ownership was claimed by scammers using Rights Manager.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Justice Anup J Bhambhani criticised the platform\u2019s restrictive policy. \u201cWhy does everybody not have access to it then? It is like giving the key to the robber and not to the owner of the house,\u201d it said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The judge said there appeared to be \u201csome chinks in the armour, some loopholes\u201d in the Meta policy on safeguarding the copyright material.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Rights Manager enables pre-approved users to identify content uploaded on Facebook and Instagram and stake ownership as it permits them to monitor, block or act against such content.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cRights Manager is a video, audio and image-matching tool that we developed for rights holders of all sizes \u2014 from individual creators to media publishers, sports leagues, music labels and others \u2014 to identify and manage their content on Facebook and Instagram, including live videos,\u201d the platform told the court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Meta submitted before HC that the copyright strikes against the plaintiff stood reversed and whatever content was removed has also been restored. It said the plaintiff\u2019s accounts had never been suspended and remained accessible.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>HC then issued summons in the suit and posted the matter for hearing on Sept 24 along with a connected petition filed by another content creator.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The second plea has alleged that the creator\u2019s Instagram account was suspended following a copyright strike that was subsequently found to be false. The connected proceedings will also examine issues concerning the authority of social media platforms to suspend user profiles based on copyright infringement claims.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/gaps-in-meta-policy-to-protect-copyright-material-says-judge\/articleshow\/133195838.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Wednesday asked Meta to explain the criteria it follows to grant users access to its copyright management tool, Rights Manager, for Facebook and Instagram.A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}