Facebook page removed due to copyright - HELP!

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saqademus

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Feb 28, 2013

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• Oct 20, 2016

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My facebook page with over 100k likes was removed yesterday.

We had spent thousands in advertising and been building likes on this since March.

I have sent an email to the team which I THINK are responsible for handling these matter but Facebook make that sort of thing so difficult it probably won't even be read!

We weren't a page that posted adult content or memes, we were a legit brand with website that had the same name.

Has anybody had experience with this? What is the best process to try and get the page back? Should I cut my losses and start another page?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

rejoin14

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• Oct 20, 2016

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What was the exactly reason?

Did you copy pasted videos / pictures or why did you get a copyright issue?

 

Peter Ngo

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Check if their name is trademarked or registered here: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database

If yes then i suggest you to not wasting your time appealing.

 

bartosimpsonio

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It's called DMCA and you can thank Bill Clinton for it.

 

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saqademus

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rejoin14 said:

What was the exactly reason?

Did you copy pasted videos / pictures or why did you get a copyright issue?

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We took UFC videos and edited them, usually just seconds of footage, into another video, to make a "highlight reel"

We did have several warnings and 3 day bans but many were bogus from people simply claiming copyright when there wasn't

 

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saqademus

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saqademus said:

We took UFC videos and edited them, usually just seconds of footage, into another video, to make a "highlight reel"

We did have several warnings and 3 day bans but many were bogus from people simply claiming copyright when there wasn't

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One of the big bans we had was from posting a viral video which we later learned was owned by ViralHog... 30 day ban.

 

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mahawebhosting

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there is appeal process

 

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saqademus

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Peter Ngo said:

Check if their name is trademarked or registered here:

If yes then i suggest you to not wasting your time appealing.

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You mean of the companies that claimed copyright?

So, Zuffa and Viralhog?

 

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SEO1337

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Zuffa are aggressive on copyright, especially highlights and what have you, WME -IMG is probabaly going to keep that consistency, especially after their 4 billion purchase of the UFC.