Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

Whenever I release something about copyright, I get a lot of follow-up questions. These are a few of the often asked concerns..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

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

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

You might have noticed 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 websites that republish my content without approval it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image.

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
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 hallmarks of my article so dont be lured to modify those out)..

Its reasonably simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a different 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 offending material from their outcomes pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even when submitted effectively some hosting business still require much more proof of initial work and ownership. Having the ability to say, “hey, thats my image of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than composing a description of the originality of my blog site post. Still, some shady hosting companies (typically located beyond the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my request. In those cases a minimum of theres a simple way for visitors of the angering website to recognize that what theyre reading was taken from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

You may have noticed 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 versus sites that republish my material without approval 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 effectively some hosting business still need even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my picture of myself wearing my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing an explanation of the creativity of my blog site post.

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