Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

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

You might have discovered that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my article and in more of the cover images for my videos. There is a reason for that and its not that Ive discovered a brand-new vanity in my mid-40s. The factor is that in my on-going battle against sites that republish my content without approval it is much simpler for me to show proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, keep reading..

The majority of the websites that are stealing my work nowadays are doing so via automated methods. Its relatively 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 burglars, but the majority of have moved onto using scripts that scrape directly from the website rather of from the RSS feed. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my recourse is to submit DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to eliminate the angering content from their results pages. In addition, I then file DMCA takedown notifications with the websites hosting services..
When filed appropriately some hosting companies still need even more proof of original work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my article. Still, some shady hosting companies (usually located beyond the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my request. In those cases a minimum of theres an easy method for visitors of the offending website to realize that what theyre reading was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, of course. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I wrote it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is one of the trademarks of my post so dont be tempted to modify those out)..

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school site, is that all right?.
Yes, thats absolutely 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 details)..

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

Whenever I release something about copyright, I get a bunch of follow-up questions. These are some of the frequently asked questions..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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 fight versus websites that republish my content without permission 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 time-consuming and even when filed correctly some hosting companies still need even more evidence of initial 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 writing a description of the originality of my blog site post.

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