Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

Whenever I publish something about copyright, I get a lot of follow-up concerns. These are some of the often asked questions..

You might have seen that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my blog posts and in more of the cover images for my videos. The factor is that in my on-going fight against sites that republish my material without approval it is much easier for me to show proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when submitted effectively some hosting companies still require even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing a description of the creativity of my blog site post.

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
Yes, obviously. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is one of the hallmarks of my blog site posts so dont be lured to modify those out)..

You may have discovered that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my article and in more of the cover images for my videos. There is a reason for that and its not that Ive discovered a brand-new vanity in my mid-40s. The reason is that in my on-going battle against websites that republish my content without consent it is much easier for me to show evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, read on..

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school site, is that alright?.
Yes, thats totally great as long as youre using the embed or link offered by YouTube and not downloading the video then republishing it (read YouTubes TOS for more details)..

Most of the sites that are taking my work these days are doing so via automated ways. Its reasonably easy to compose a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a different website. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops some of the burglars, but a lot of have actually moved onto using scripts that scrape directly from the site rather of from the RSS feed. Thats a little harder to stop so my option is to submit DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to remove the angering content from their results pages. Furthermore, I then submit DMCA takedown notices with the sites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when submitted effectively some hosting business still need even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my picture of myself using my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog post.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your post with my personnel, is that okay?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the whole thing and or passing it off as your own. If you desire somebody to check out the whole blog site post, offer them the link to it..

Resources if Youre in a Similar Situation.
If you have a website or blog site that is also frequently scraped, here are some resources that may be practical to you..

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