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VidProtect – Video copyright protection against video plagiarism

Dear readers,

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We know the prevalent problem of plagiarism is rampant. While there have been tools such as Copyscape.com, there has been an absent of video protection against unauthorized usage. Thankfully a new tool call VidProtect comes to encrypt and protect videos from this very problem.

Video is perhaps the form most susceptible to plagiarism (and one medium of content which incurs the highest opportunity cost for the victim) because it well accepted that video content are harder to create.

Video creators have to (1) conceptualize the content flow (2) record or produce the video content (3) edit the videos with acceptable video editing tools.

Simple videos that we enjoy at leisure can take hours of time to produce. Now is it fair then when these videos are simply copied by bots and replicated to “viral content sites” for the profits of the owners without any accreditation to the owners and respective content developers? I suspect your answer is a resounding no.

Creative commons is another thing and I encourage content to be licensed under creative commons for the interest of the general public. Although, when people are creating content for their own profit, to take this video without their permission will remove the incentive the original creator have for creating the content.

It’s only right that we provide these video content creators the opportunity to protect their hard work and allow usage as desired. This is where VidProtect hopes to help. VidProtect encrypt embedded videos to prevent unauthorized usage with a simple line of code.

 

How does VidProtect work?

The process is rather simple. VidProtect will serve as an embed code that encrypts your videos. This allows you to choose which sites are permitted to host your video on their page.

The websites that are not authorized to share/embed your content will not be able to host your video. This forcefully cuts down unregulated profit from a video content without the video creator’s knowledge or consent. As surprising as it sounds, this is currently a common occurrence online today. This happens frequently with bots that will crawl the web to copy these videos and replicate them on other website to gain from ad revenue and traffic (dependent on the plagiarizing site’s strategy). Many video content creators are unaware their content is even being stolen. (although they still lose on possible profits or opportunities from video views on their pages).

VidProtect uses an online system that allows members to copy and paste their video link to the system and then indicate which websites are allow to host the video. VidProtect will then produce a simple embed code like that of Youtube or Vimeo with the exception that this video embed code is protected.

What happens when someone still tries to copy the video? Much like the preventative measures in stores to avoid thieves from stealing merchandise, VidProtect will redirect traffic from the unauthorized usage back to the originating website. That’s quite the preventative measure. Effectively, it’s justice due when the traffic landing on a page is then redirected back to the original content owner.

You can also authorize other sites to use your video so this wouldn’t happen with permission granted for sharing your video. It forces people to request and credit the content owner. This aids in creating more content by allowing the video producer to realize the full utility/benefits of their work. When video creators are rewarded fairly for their work, it encourages further content to be produced.

 

Who is VidProtect for?

VidProtect is the perfect solution for video content creators and webmasters who rely on video content. You wouldn’t want people stealing your content. When users are viewing your content on other websites without credition to your website, they are not visiting your website. Even should these web users visit your content later, it would appear redundant much like how humor if frequently found in spontaneity. (perhaps this is why figures like Gary Vaynerchuk and Donald Trump are so infamous and relevant.)

People seem to like newness and unpredictability which frequently mimics the world we live in today. When your video content is copied on another website, the web user will lose the interest of viewing it on your website. This may end up playing badly for the perception of your website. In plain explanation, you may lose out on more than money for the wrongful usage of your video by content plagiarizing.

VidProtect can help you control the usage and sharing of your video. It would be good for vine content that’s frequently copied by other websites. It would also be a suitable solution for social content.

In summary, VidProtect is the perfect solution for anyone who would like to protect their video from wrongful usage. It’s for businesses, for social content producers (entertainment), it’s for webmasters and internet marketers. It provides a level of protection to your work to ensure you’re not suffering harm (branding and perception) or losing out on profits (traffic and publicity) from the unauthorized usage of your video by others.

People in general do not like when others are credited for the work they put in. This is why we have patent to protect the interests of the inventors. We have academic journal to acknowledge the contributions of the researches. We have property rights to protect the interest of the property owners. We do not currently have a regulating body for protecting digital content, VidProtect provides the unofficial solution to such abuse. VidProtect ensures you get the credit and acknowledgement for the work by only enabling your video content to be shared where you are aware. (rather than having crawlers copy and paste your video used for a third party profit without your knowledge). Most would not work for other’s profit and name.

It’s also for the public in general to restore the incentive for creativity and content production by these video content creators. When you provide the full incentive and rewards to these content producers, you will enable them to create better content.

 

Summary:

While I am a proponent for sharing economy, free-trade, and free use, the fact remains that incentives are an important factor to people creativity and work. If someone created a video content and is not being properly rewarded with their initial incentive then it would reduce the probability of having further content created by these inventive minds. People should be rewarded for their work.

Here’s a saying worth repeating, “Do not muzzle the ox while it is threading the grain.”

Incentives have long been ingrained to human nature and the world at large. By restoring the incentive for people to create content (by means of removing plagiarism and unauthorized usage), I hope it will provide a new increase of fresh content. This is the value provided with video protection tools like VidProtect.

Until next time,

Benjamin