What Is Meta Rights Manager?
Meta Rights Manager is a content protection tool designed to manage the intellectual property of rights holders in Facebook and Instagram. It automatically identifies and manages matches to original content, allowing the rights holder to monetize, track, or block the content.
It’s important to understand what types of content are eligible for delivery to Meta Rights Manager. When using the platform, you confirm that your organization owns and/or exclusively controls the rights to any sound recording reference files and Audio Library content you submit for the applicable territories. Content for which you do not hold exclusive rights should not be delivered.
References uploaded to Rights Manager that don’t meet these requirements may be removed or restricted from matching user content without prior notice.
To maintain compliance and avoid potential issues with content eligibility, please review the following guidelines.
What Content Is Eligible?
Eligible content must be:
- Authentic Music: Original music owned or controlled by the rights holder.
- Distinct and Unique: Recordings that are sufficiently distinct and do not mimic or copy existing works.
- Properly Licensed: Music created with proper licensing and rights, free from unauthorized use of other works.
What Content Is NOT Eligible?
Meta classifies the following as ineligible for delivery:
Content That is Not Music
- Sound Effects (SFX): Audio with no melodic or harmonic content, such as environmental sounds or mechanical noises.
- Spoken Word or Speech: Recordings consisting entirely of voice or dialogue without melody (e.g., audiobooks, speeches, ASMR).
- Podcasts, Radio Shows, and Album Commentary: Recorded interviews, descriptions, or non-musical programming.
Unauthorized or Illegitimate Music
- Sound-a-Likes: Recordings designed to imitate copyrighted works and mislead listeners about their origin.
- Illegitimate Tracks: Music that uses sections of existing tracks (e.g., slowed down, sped up, sampled, type beat, reverbed) without authorization.
- Unauthorized DJ & Extended Mixes: Compilations or remixes of multiple tracks without proper licensing.
Music Ineligible for Monetization
- Production Library Music: Stock music or royalty-free tracks created for use in media (e.g., background music for videos).
- Public Domain Works: Recordings of compositions where the copyrights have expired, allowing unrestricted use.
- Insufficiently Distinct Recordings: Music indistinguishable from existing legitimate tracks.
- Ambient/Meditation/Sleep Music/Liminal: Soundscapes or sound effects with minimal melody, typically used as background music.
- Karaoke Tracks: Backing tracks of popular songs recreated by a different rights holder, excluding licensed instrumental versions.
How to Ensure Your Content Is Eligible
- Verify Ownership: Ensure you have full rights to distribute your music.
- Avoid Copying: Do not submit tracks that mimic or borrow from existing copyrighted works without proper authorization.
- Provide Proper Metadata: Submit accurate and complete metadata to avoid content being flagged.