WTF is freebooting?

Facebook may be averaging 8 billion video views per day, but some of that consumption is happening on other people's content. The term is “freebooting,” the practice of users uploading directly to Facebook (YouTube) videos they don’t own -- thereby preventing video creators and publishers from making as much money as they can. It’s a huge problem for Facebook, which says it’s working on it. The post WTF is freebooting? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]

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