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ihuman on April 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Rights Manager

No, but you can monetize videos on other platforms. Even if FB videos don't have ads, the rehoster is still taking away ad money from the original creator (but the rehoster doesn't get the money).

TheLogothete on April 13, 2016 [–]

But you said "The views (and ad revenue) go to the reuploader instead of the original creator."

??

ihuman on April 13, 2016 | [–]

In cases like youtube, it does. But that does not apply to FaceBook.

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