Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

I like to share the title or a little summary of your 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 desire somebody to check out the whole article, provide the link to it..

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, naturally. Strike 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 article so do not be lured to modify those out)..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

I get a lot of follow-up questions Whenever I publish something about copyright. These are some of the frequently asked questions..

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

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

Most of the websites that are taking my work these days are doing so via automated methods. Its relatively simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a various website. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops a few of the burglars, but many have 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 get rid of the upseting material from their results pages. Furthermore, I then submit DMCA takedown notifications with the websites hosting services..
When filed correctly some hosting business still require even more proof of original work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even. Having the ability to state, “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 post. Still, some shady hosting companies (generally situated beyond the United States) wont do a darn thing to honor my request. In those cases a minimum of theres a simple method for visitors of the angering site to understand that what theyre checking out was taken from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

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. There is a factor for that and its not that Ive found a new vanity in my mid-40s. The reason is that in my on-going fight versus websites that republish my material without authorization it is a lot easier for me to show evidence of ownership and creativity when my face remains in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, check out on..

You may 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 fight versus websites that republish my content without permission it is much simpler for me to prove evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed correctly some hosting companies still require even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my blog post.

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