Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

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

Its fairly easy to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a different site. Thats a little harder to stop so my option is to file DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to get rid of the upseting material from their results pages.
When submitted properly some hosting companies still require even more proof of initial work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than composing an explanation of the creativity of my post. Still, some shady hosting business (normally situated outside of the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases a minimum of theres a simple way for visitors of the angering website to understand that what theyre checking out was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your article with my personnel, is that fine?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the entire thing and or passing it off as your own. If you desire someone to read the entire blog post, provide them the link to it..

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, obviously. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of parentheses and hyphens is one of the trademarks of my article so dont be tempted to edit those out)..

You might have observed 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 simpler for me to show evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when submitted properly some hosting companies still require even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog site post.

I get a bunch of follow-up concerns Whenever I release something about copyright. These are a few of the often asked questions..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

If Youre in a Similar Situation, resources.
If you have a website or blog that is also often scraped, here are some resources that might be practical to you..

You may have observed 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. There is a factor for that and its not that Ive found a brand-new vanity in my mid-40s. The factor is that in my on-going battle versus sites that republish my material without authorization it is much simpler for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face remains in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, continue reading..

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