The majority of the websites that are taking my work nowadays are doing so through automated ways. Its relatively simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops a few of the burglars, but the majority of have actually moved onto using scripts that scrape straight from the site instead of from the RSS feed. Thats a little harder to stop so my recourse is to file DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to eliminate the offending content from their results pages. Furthermore, I then submit DMCA takedown notices with the websites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notifications 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 using my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than composing a description of the creativity of my blog post.

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

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

You may have observed 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 against websites that republish my content 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 notifications is lengthy and even when filed correctly some hosting companies still need even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my image of myself using my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing a description of the creativity of my blog post.

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school website, is that fine?.
Yes, thats totally 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)..

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

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
Yes, naturally. Hit the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is one of the hallmarks of my article so do not be tempted to edit those out)..

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 against sites 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.