You may have discovered 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 creativity when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even when submitted effectively some hosting business still require even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog post.

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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 factor is that in my on-going fight versus sites that republish my material without approval it is much easier for me to prove proof of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image.

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

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

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

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

Its relatively simple to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a different website. Thats a little harder to stop so my recourse is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the offending content from their outcomes pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when submitted effectively some hosting companies still need even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than composing a description of the creativity of my blog post.

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