Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, of course. Hit the forward button in your inbox and share it as I wrote it (over-use of parentheses and hyphens is one of the trademarks of my post so do not be tempted to edit those out)..

Whenever I publish something about copyright, I get a lot of follow-up concerns. These are some of the regularly asked concerns..

You might 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 fight versus 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 lengthy and even when filed appropriately some hosting companies still require even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my photo of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my blog site post.

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

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

Its reasonably simple to write a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a different site. Thats a little harder to stop so my recourse is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to get rid of the angering material from their results pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when filed properly some hosting business still require much more evidence of initial work and ownership. Having the ability to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my post. Still, some shady hosting business (typically situated outside of the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases a minimum of theres an easy way for visitors of the offending site to realize that what theyre checking out was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

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 desire someone to check out the whole post, provide the link to it..

You might 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 factor is that in my on-going battle versus sites that republish my material without permission it is much easier for me to show evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image.

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