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

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog post with my personnel, is that okay?
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 entire post, offer them the link to it..

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

You may 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 fight against sites that republish my content without authorization it is much easier for me to show proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image.

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

You may have seen 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 consent it is much simpler for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when submitted effectively 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 favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog site post.

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

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
Yes, obviously. Hit the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is one of the hallmarks of my blog posts so do not be lured to modify those out)..

Many of the sites that are taking my work nowadays are doing so through automated methods. Its fairly easy to compose a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops some of the thieves, but the majority of have actually moved onto using scripts that scrape straight from the site 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 remove the angering material from their outcomes pages. Additionally, I then file DMCA takedown notifications with the websites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed properly some hosting business still require even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my picture of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing a description of the originality of my blog post.