Yes, absolutely. If I share a video on FB I always take the time to try and dig-up the original source. It usually ends-up being on YouTube. Not that hard to do. I wish FB didn't obfuscate and people took the time to do this. If anything because it might represent revenue for the author and they deserve to receive it.

For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would down-vote my comment. Please educate me, what's wrong with my statement? I don't get it.

I guess it should be relatively easy ( for FB ) to do something automated to detect copied videos - at least to where the later videos uploaded would have to do the same kind of tricks you see on youtube that decrease video quality when people are trying to sneak in copyrighted content (tricks like putting a big frame with some pictures on it around the actual video content).

On edit: take back relatively easy and say pretty doable, if they cared.

FB has no reason to ban it.

Time for everyone to start uploading RIAA and MPAA content.