Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

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 among the trademarks of my article so do not be lured to modify those out)..

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog site post with my staff, is that alright?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the entire thing and or passing it off as your own. If you want somebody to read the entire article, provide the link to it..

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

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

You might have observed that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my blog 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 content without authorization it is much easier 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 properly some hosting companies still require even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself using my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the creativity of my blog post.

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 reason is that in my on-going battle versus sites that republish my content without permission it is much easier for me to prove evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image.

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

The majority of the websites that are stealing my work these days are doing so through automated ways. Its fairly simple to write 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 a few of the burglars, but many have actually moved onto utilizing scripts that scrape directly from the website rather of from the RSS feed. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my option is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the angering material from their outcomes pages. In addition, I then file DMCA takedown notices with the sites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when filed effectively some hosting business still need even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my picture 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.

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

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