Patent ID: 9665614
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, one or more first content items uploaded by one or more first user accounts to a content sharing system for presentation to users of the content sharing system; storing the first content items at the content sharing system; receiving, by the processing device, a second content item uploaded by a second user account to the content sharing system for presentation to users of the content sharing system; determining that the second user account is not included in a group of user accounts that are administered by an entity associated with the one or more first user accounts; in response to determining that the second user account is not included in the group of user accounts that are administered by the entity associated with the one or more first user accounts, comparing, by the processing device, the received second content item to the stored first content items to determine that the second content item is not exclusive to the second user account within the content sharing system, wherein the determination that the second content item is not exclusive to the second user account is independent of a legal rights verification process performed for one or more of the first content items; and restricting a privilege of the second user account for the second content item in response to the determination that the second content item is not exclusive to the second user account.