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[FreeEagle]

I'm very new to IP rights, but it appears that Facebook says you are giving up IP to your content, if posted or shared. I see Facebook as a great promotion place, but I don't want give them my IP.  Youtube seems to have a good infringement policy in place. If I promoted a good video on You Tube,  and one of my Facebook friends posted links to the video from Facebook, would that still allow Facebook my IP rights?  Example, I file the IP, I get sponsors for my video on Youtube, so I want as many hits as possible.  I tell my friends about it and they post it on Facebook, with links or embeded code to the Youtube video.  While my friend is linking to the original source, in which my sponsors ad may proceed the video, they are not copying or using the material as their own.  On the other hand now the video has been shared on Facebook. Can Facebook place the video in their apps, or after their sponsors, and in effect take my IP?

[artchain]

YouTube allows posted content to be "embedded" on other pages using standard html, or displayed using the YouTube API.  There are specific terms of use for embedding content and for the use of the API.

If a third party (such as one of your friends) posts the content on FaceBook, then the only rights FaceBook gains are those granted under the YouTube terms.

The embedded YouTube video will appear in its entirety.  In other words, ads and sponsorships that are included in the video with still appear, even if that video is linked to from, or embedded in, a FaceBook page.  FaceBook has limited rights to display additional ads on the page, as defined by the YouTube terms.

Understand that the terms on the popular content and social media platforms strongly favor the site operators.  In other words, YouTube and FaceBook may argue over rights between the two companies, but neither has the content creator's interests in mind.