Can I forward your newsletter to my associates?
Yes, obviously. Hit 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 do not be lured to edit those out)..

You might have observed 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 versus sites that republish my content without approval it is much easier for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed correctly some hosting business still require even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my picture of myself wearing my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot much 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 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 whole article, provide them the link to it..

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 fight against sites that republish my material without consent it is much easier for me to prove evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image.

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

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

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

The majority of the websites that are taking my work these days are doing so via automated ways. Its fairly simple 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 thieves, but the majority of have moved onto using scripts that scrape straight from the website instead of from the RSS feed. Thats a little harder to stop so my option is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the upseting material from their results pages. Additionally, I then submit DMCA takedown notifications with the websites hosting services..
When submitted effectively some hosting companies still require even more proof of original work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even. Being able to say, “hey, thats my photo of myself using my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than composing an explanation of the creativity of my blog post. Still, some dubious hosting business (typically situated beyond the United States) wont do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases at least theres a simple way for visitors of the offending site to recognize that what theyre reading was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.