Many of the websites that are stealing my work these days are doing so via automated means. Its relatively easy to compose a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various website. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops a few of the burglars, however most have actually moved onto utilizing scripts that scrape straight from the website instead of from the RSS feed. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my recourse is to file DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to get rid of the offending content from their results pages. In addition, I then file DMCA takedown notices with the sites hosting services..
When submitted effectively some hosting business still need even more evidence of original work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even. Having the ability to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing an explanation of the creativity of my post. Still, some dubious hosting business (typically located outside of the United States) wont do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases at least theres an easy way for visitors of the upseting website to realize that what theyre reading was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

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

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, of course. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is among the trademarks of my post so dont be lured to modify those out)..

You may have noticed that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my blog site posts and in more of the cover images for my videos. The factor is that in my on-going battle against sites that republish my material without permission 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 time-consuming and even when submitted appropriately some hosting companies still need even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my picture of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot easier and faster than composing an explanation of the originality of my blog post.

You might have noticed that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my post 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 reason is that in my on-going battle against websites that republish my content without approval it is a lot easier for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, continue reading..

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your post with my personnel, is that alright?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the entire thing and or passing it off as your own. If you want somebody to check out the entire post, provide the link to it..

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

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