‘Why Scammers, Not Creators?’ Delhi HC Questions Meta Over Rights Manager Access Policy

The
Delhi
High
Cou t
o
Wed esday
sought
cla ity
f om
Meta
o
how
c eato s
a e
selected
fo
access
to
its
Rights
Ma age
tool,
afte
a
co te t
c eato
alleged
that
othe s
had
misused
the
platfo m’s
copy ight
system
to
claim
ow e ship
of
his
wo k.
The
cou t’s
i te ve tio
came
du i g
the
hea i g
of
a
petitio
filed
by
Mohit
Kuma ,
who
c eates
educatio al
co te t
fo
social
media
u de
the
ame
“Rise
with
Mohit”.
Kuma
claimed
that
his
videos
had
bee
copied
a d
subseque tly
subjected
to
copy ight
claims
by
use s
who
had
access
to
Meta’s
Rights
Ma age ,
while
he
himself
had
epeatedly
bee
de ied
access
to
the
same
facility.

Cou t
Seeks
Details
O
Meta’s
Eligibility
Rules

Justice
A up
Jai am
Bhambha i
questio ed
why
access
to
the
copy ight
ma ageme t
system
was
ot
available
to
eve y
c eato
seeki g
to
p otect
thei
o igi al
mate ial.
“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,”
Bhambha i
said,
as
pe
epo ts.

The
judge’s
obse vatio
came
as
the
cou t
exami ed
Kuma ‘s
co te tio
that
the
system
could
leave
ge ui e
c eato s
vul e able
if
they
a e
u able
to
di ectly
p otect
thei
ow
co te t
while
othe
use s
ca
i itiate
copy ight
claims
agai st
them.

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Kuma
told
the
cou t
that
he
had
sought
access
to
Rights
Ma age
th ee
times
but
was
ejected
without
bei g
p ovided
a
clea
easo .
He
also
claimed
that
accou ts
with
elatively
small
followi gs
had
obtai ed
access,
while
his
applicatio s
had
bee
u successful
despite
his
established
p ese ce
a d
e gageme t
o
social
media.

C eato
Raises
Co ce
Ove
False
Copy ight
Claims

Acco di g
to
Kuma ,
the
alleged
misuse
of
copy ight
complai ts
poses
a
se ious
isk
to
c eato s
whose
livelihoods
depe d
o
thei
o li e
p ese ce.

He
a gued
that
a
imp ope
copy ight
st ike
ca
have
co seque ces
exte di g
beyo d
the
emoval
of
a
i dividual
video.
A
legitimate
c eato
could
pote tially
lose
access
to
yea s
of
co te t,
mo etisatio
oppo tu ities,
comme cial
pa t e ships
a d
busi ess
p ospects
if
epeated
claims
esult
i
accou t
actio .

Meta’s
Rights
Ma age
is
desig ed
to
help
ights
holde s
ide tify
matchi g
mate ial
ac oss
Facebook
a d
I stag am.
Use s
g a ted
access
ca
take
va ious
actio s
agai st
co te t
that
matches
mate ial
egiste ed
with
the
system,
i cludi g
mo ito i g
o
blocki g
it
a d
pu sui g
othe
e fo ceme t
measu es.

Kuma ‘s
g ieva ce
ce t es
o
the
alleged
imbala ce
betwee
access
give
to
use s
maki g
copy ight
claims
a d
the
ability
of
o igi al
c eato s
to
defe d
thei
wo k.

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Shah
Ready
To
A swe
‘A y
Questio ‘
O
Stude t
P otests,
Says
Oppositio
Blocki g
Discussio

Meta
Says
Disputed
St ikes
Have
Bee
Reve sed

Meta’s
cou sel
told
the
High
Cou t
that
the
copy ight
st ikes
disputed
by
Kuma
had
al eady
bee
eve sed.
Co te t
that
had
bee
emoved
followi g
those
claims
was
also
esto ed,
the
compa y’s
lawye
said.

The
cou t
was
fu the
i fo med
that
Kuma ‘s
accou ts
had
eve
bee
suspe ded
a d
emai ed
ope atio al
th oughout
the
dispute.

Meta
also
assu ed
the
cou t
that,
subject
to
tech ical
ve ificatio ,
the
c eato ‘s
accou ts
would
ot
be
emoved
o
the
basis
of
the
disputed
copy ight
st ikes.

The
compa y
ag eed
to
place
its
eleva t
policies
a d
eligibility
equi eme ts
fo
Rights
Ma age
befo e
the
cou t,
while
also
i dicati g
that
it
would
eco side
Kuma ‘s
applicatio
afte
ve ifyi g
the
claims
made
i
his
petitio .

Delhi
HC
Issues
Summo s,
Next
Hea i g
O
Septembe
24

Despite
the
steps
outli ed
by
Meta,
the
High
Cou t
p oceeded
with
Kuma ‘s
suit
a d
issued
summo s
i
the
matte .

The
cou t
has
di ected
Meta
to
p ovide
i fo matio
co ce i g
the
c ite ia
gove i g
access
to
the
Rights
Ma age
facility.
The
disclosu e
could
shed
light
o
how
the
platfo m
dete mi es
which
c eato s
a d
ights
holde s
qualify
fo
the
copy ight
p otectio
tool.

The
matte
has
bee
listed
fo
fu the
hea i g
o
Septembe
24,
whe
the
cou t
is
expected
to
co side
Meta’s
espo se
a d
the
mate ial
placed
befo e
it.

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