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

You may have discovered 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 authorization it is much simpler for me to prove evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image.

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

Its relatively simple to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my recourse is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the upseting material from their results pages.
When filed properly some hosting companies still require even more evidence of initial work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself using my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog site post. Still, some dubious hosting business (generally situated beyond the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases a minimum of theres a simple method for visitors of the upseting site to understand that what theyre reading was taken from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
Yes, naturally. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I wrote it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is among the hallmarks of my post so do not be tempted to modify those out)..

You may have discovered 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 reason is that in my on-going fight versus websites that republish my content without consent it is much simpler for me to prove evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices 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 favorite flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my blog site post.

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

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school website, is that all right?.
Yes, thats absolutely great as long as youre using the embed or link offered by YouTube and not downloading the video then republishing it (check out YouTubes TOS for more information)..