We appreciate that video content can carry with it detailed usage rights and availabilities so we allow you to dictate where your videos can be viewed and for how long. 


Just follow these steps and you’ll be ready to protect your content:


Step 1: Find the video you’d like to assign a rights policy for and click on the video page. You’ll know that you’re there when you’re able to view the video and read the clip description. 



Step 2: Underneath the video player you’ll find a tab for ‘Rights Policy: View Full Rights Policy’ – click this to be taken through to the World Map page.



Step 3: On the World Map page you’ll see an overview of the current rights policy for that video. By default we set these to ‘Go Live - All Time’ meaning that this video will be available for all viewers in every country for an indefinite period.


You’ll also see a timeline at the bottom which shows you an overview to the coming months,  an ‘Add A Rule’ button and a ‘Policy Type’.  The ‘Policy Type’ button is an important step here – an ‘Allow’ rule can be changed to a ‘Deny’ rule by clicking the ‘Change’ button alongside.

So decide which rule you’d like to add and then click ‘Add A Rule’. 



Step 4: The ‘Add A Rule’ panel will open up below.

 
Here you need to select the ‘Time Range’, which is the start and end of the rule you’re adding, or alternatively select ‘All Time’. 

Then you’ll need to add the countries where this rule should apply – at this stage this is one country at a time.  We allow you to search by text here too to speed the process up.

When you’re happy with this – click the blue ‘Save’ button. Hooray!



Step 5: The rule will now be shown on the timeline and displayed on the World Map. Repeat the process by clicking the ‘Add A Rule’ button for any further rights policies windows you want to apply to the video.

Note – at this stage it is not possible to add a ‘Deny’ rule and an ‘Allow’ rule to the same timeline.

Step 6: You can change these rules at any stage by returning to the ‘View Full Rights Policy’ page and clicking the ‘Edit’ button, which appears as a notepad with a pencil on the timeline. We also give you the ability to delete a rule by clicking the dust bin button. 


So what happens when you change the rights policy after someone has already taken content?  Great question – what happens here is that the viewer will see a message on the player letting them know that the content isn’t available in their territory.


It looks like this:



These instructions will also carry through to any posts you make on YouTube via Rightster too, reducing the time taken for content producers to secure their digital rights across platforms.