NEW
DELHI:
Delhi
high
cou t
Wed esday
asked
Meta
to
explai
the
c ite ia
it
follows
to
g a t
use s
access
to
its
copy ight
ma ageme t
tool,
Rights
Ma age ,
fo
Facebook
a d
I stag am.A
co te t
c eato
moved
HC
allegi g
that
ge ui e
c eato s
such
as
him
we e
de ied
access
to
the
copy ight
tool
a d,
thus,
we e
u able
to
p otect
thei
o igi al
co te t
whose
ow e ship
was
claimed
by
scamme s
usi g
Rights
Ma age .Justice
A up
J
Bhambha i
c iticised
the
platfo m’s
est ictive
policy.
“Why
does
eve ybody
ot
have
access
to
it
the ?
It
is
like
givi g
the
key
to
the
obbe
a d
ot
to
the
ow e
of
the
house,”
it
said.The
judge
said
the e
appea ed
to
be
“some
chi ks
i
the
a mou ,
some
loopholes”
i
the
Meta
policy
o
safegua di g
the
copy ight
mate ial.Rights
Ma age
e ables
p e-app oved
use s
to
ide tify
co te t
uploaded
o
Facebook
a d
I stag am
a d
stake
ow e ship
as
it
pe mits
them
to
mo ito ,
block
o
act
agai st
such
co te t.“Rights
Ma age
is
a
video,
audio
a d
image-matchi g
tool
that
we
developed
fo
ights
holde s
of
all
sizes
—
f om
i dividual
c eato s
to
media
publishe s,
spo ts
leagues,
music
labels
a d
othe s
—
to
ide tify
a d
ma age
thei
co te t
o
Facebook
a d
I stag am,
i cludi g
live
videos,”
the
platfo m
told
the
cou t.
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co ve satio
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espectful
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TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Meta
submitted
befo e
HC
that
the
copy ight
st ikes
agai st
the
plai tiff
stood
eve sed
a d
whateve
co te t
was
emoved
has
also
bee
esto ed.
It
said
the
plai tiff’s
accou ts
had
eve
bee
suspe ded
a d
emai ed
accessible.HC
the
issued
summo s
i
the
suit
a d
posted
the
matte
fo
hea i g
o
Sept
24
alo g
with
a
co ected
petitio
filed
by
a othe
co te t
c eato .The
seco d
plea
has
alleged
that
the
c eato ’s
I stag am
accou t
was
suspe ded
followi g
a
copy ight
st ike
that
was
subseque tly
fou d
to
be
false.
The
co ected
p oceedi gs
will
also
exami e
issues
co ce i g
the
autho ity
of
social
media
platfo ms
to
suspe d
use
p ofiles
based
o
copy ight
i f i geme t
claims.
