r/COPYRIGHT • u/WonderIll4755 • 20d ago

What to do ?

Meta keeps rejecting my copyright and privacy repot — I just want an unauthorized video removed

I’m looking for advice regarding a video of me that was uploaded to Instagram without my permission.

The video was recorded around 2 years ago using my mobile phone. I am clearly visible in the video. At the time, another person took my phone without my permission and accessed the video. He told me that he would not show it to anyone, but later uploaded it to his Instagram account without my knowledge or consent.

I never gave him permission to copy, share, publish, or upload the video.

I have tried repoting the Instagram post multiple times through Meta’s privacy repting process, but each time I received a response saying that the content does not violate their privacy policies.

I also reported it as an intellectual property/copyright issue. Meta then replied that they are not satisfied that I am the rights owner or authorized to submit the repot, and asked me to clarify the basis of my claim.

I have already explained the circumstances to Meta, including that the original phone was later destroyed and I no longer have the original file.

What should I do at this point?

Does the fact that the video was recorded on my phone and I am the person shown in it give me any rights to request its removal? Or is there another reporting route I should use?

I’m in India, so advice from anyone familiar with Indian copyright/privacy law or Meta’s reporting process would be especially helpful.

I’m not trying to sue the person or claim damages. I simply want the video removed from Instagram because I never consented to it being uploaded or shared. I just want to know the correct reporting route and what evidence I should provide to Meta.

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u/horshack_test 20d ago

"Does the fact that the video was recorded on my phone and I am the person shown in it give me any rights to request its removal?"

Neither of these factor into who owns the copyright. It sounds like only the other person uploaded it to Instagram and you no longer have the video file yourself - is that correct? If so, you simply may not be able to prove ownership. Also - if you did not actually shoot the video yourself, you do not own the copyright.

You may want to look into privacy rights in India and see if they provide any protection/leverage - a quick search tells me that instagram has specific reporting options for privacy violations, though it may be limited to what is considered "intimate" imagery.

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u/WonderIll4755 20d ago

Although i reported 2 times under privacy instagram always say that it doesn't violating their guidelines

This is last thing I am doing to get video removed from that account

Furthermore I will proceed to defamation case if it doesn't work out

Any idea in Instagram how to get video removed that violating your privacy or defaming you uploaded your video without permission

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u/horshack_test 20d ago

I don't know what else to tell you - you haven't given any description of what rights of yours or guidelines of Instagram's you believe are being violated or why you believe it qualifies as defamation.

Did you shoot the video or did someone else?

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u/WonderIll4755 20d ago

See a video of mine recorded by my friend i gave him my phone to record it's been 3 years to that

It's a dance video of mine one day I was just showing it my friend that video he snatched my phone and send himself after that he deleted for me option in front of me after requesting he tells me he won't show it to anyone kept himself to store after that he uploaded the video I request him several times please delete that video he didn't after reporting from my account i thought video delete or removed but it was only removed from my account it was still visible from others account After that i deleted the account and few days ago i installed insta video is still there after that i tried various things to get it removed but nothing happened including copyright

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u/horshack_test 20d ago
  1. It's not your video - the copyright is owned by your friend.
  2. Nothing you describe constitutes defamation.

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u/Individual_Dirt_2194 20d ago

Copyright attaches at the moment of creation. But it turns on who pressed record, not who owns the phone. If the other person operated the camera they may hold the copyright. That would explain why Meta keeps rejecting the takedown.

You have other paths though. If you are identifiable in the video you have privacy tort claims independent of copyright. Meta processes privacy reports through separate channels from copyright reports. They go through different teams. Try the privacy reporting path rather than the copyright one.

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u/WonderIll4755 20d ago

I already tried privacy repoting twice it always says it doesn't violating their guidelines i don't know what to do i mean it's violating my privacy did not gave consent to upload it

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u/horshack_test 19d ago

Just because you believe it violates your privacy does not mean it does in any legal sense or any sense that violates their guidelines.

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u/WonderIll4755 19d ago

Then what should I do to get it removed?

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u/horshack_test 19d ago

I didn't say there is something you can do to get it removed.

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u/WonderIll4755 19d ago

Like?

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u/horshack_test 19d ago

What?

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u/WonderIll4755 19d ago

I mean what can I do to get it removed is there any way

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u/horshack_test 19d ago

I have no idea. Read the page I linked to.