Photos and videoOver 800 million unique users visit YouTube each month, over 4 billion hours of video are watched monthly and 72 hours of video are uploaded every minute [12].

Just because you appear in a video, image or audio recording does not mean you own the copyright to it.

For example, if your friend filmed a conversation between the two of you, they would own the copyright to the video recording made. The words the two of you are speaking are not subject to copyright separately from the video itself unless they were fixed in advance.

If your friend, or someone else has uploaded a video, image or recording of you without your permission, and you feel it violates your privacy or safety, you may wish to file a privacy complaint. Video issues Home Content Glossary Help Back Next