Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

I like to share the title or a little summary of your post with my personnel, is that alright?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the whole thing and or passing it off as your own. If you want someone to check out the entire article, provide them the link to it..

Can I forward your newsletter to my associates?
Yes, obviously. Hit the forward button in your inbox and share it as I wrote it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is among the trademarks of my blog site posts so dont be tempted to modify those out)..

You might 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 factor is that in my on-going battle versus sites that republish my material without consent it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image.

Its reasonably simple to compose 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 option is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to remove the angering material from their outcomes pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed effectively some hosting business still require even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing an explanation of the originality of my blog site post.

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 against sites that republish my material without permission it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even when filed appropriately some hosting business still need even more evidence 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 site post.

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

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

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

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