New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned Meta over its criteria for granting access to its Rights Manager tool, particularly after allegations that genuine content creators are being denied access while fraudsters are exploiting the system to file bogus copyright claims against original material, reported Bar and Bench.

Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani directed Meta to place its policy and eligibility requirements for accessing Rights Manager on record. The court also sought an explanation from the company on the grounds used to reject applications from creators seeking access to the content-protection tool.

The court asked, "Why doesn't everybody have access to it then?"

"It is like giving the key to the robber ...