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

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

I like to share the title or a little summary of your post with my staff, 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 entire blog post, offer them the link to it..

Whenever I publish something about copyright, I get a bunch of follow-up questions. These are a few of the regularly asked questions..

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 hyphens and parentheses is among the hallmarks of my article so dont be lured to modify those out)..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

The majority of the websites that are stealing my work these days are doing so by means of automated methods. Its relatively easy to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a different site. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops a few of the burglars, however the majority of have actually moved onto utilizing scripts that scrape directly from the website instead 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 get rid of the angering content from their outcomes pages. Furthermore, I then submit DMCA takedown notifications with the sites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when filed correctly some hosting companies still need even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot easier and faster than composing a description of the originality of my blog post.

You may have noticed 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 reason is that in my on-going fight against websites that republish my content 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 correctly some hosting companies still need even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my image of myself using my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than composing a description of the originality of my blog site post.

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 reason is that in my on-going battle against websites that republish my content without approval it is much easier for me to prove proof of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image.