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Destin Sandlin simply can’t issue takedown notices fast enough for the times his videos are stolen and uploaded to Facebook. And those are only the ones he finds or is notified about.

Sandlin runs the educational series Smarter Every Day , which has accrued more than 2.8 million fans on YouTube. He says that his videos are routinely uploaded to Facebook without his consent, and it’s costing him. He said a recent popular video about riding a bicycle backward had amassed many more views than the YouTube version had before he forced Facebook to take it down.

Sandlin is one of the many video creators that have been publicly critical of Facebook and its allowance of stolen content. While the problem of video theft on Facebook had been recognized, it wasn’t until last week that the extent of the problem was revealed. Read more... More about Facebook , Online Video , Business , and Media