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 among the trademarks of my blog site posts so dont be tempted to modify those out)..

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

You may have seen 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 fight against websites that republish my material without consent 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 time-consuming and even when filed effectively some hosting companies still require even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog site post.

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 might be handy to you..

The majority of the websites that are taking my work these days are doing so via automated ways. Its reasonably easy to compose a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a different site. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops some of the thieves, however a lot of have 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 submit DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to get rid of the upseting material from their outcomes pages. In addition, I then file DMCA takedown notifications with the sites hosting services..
When filed appropriately some hosting business still require even more proof of initial work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even. Being able to say, “hey, thats my photo of myself using my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my blog site post. Still, some dubious hosting companies (generally located outside of the United States) wont do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases at least theres an easy method for visitors of the offending website to recognize that what theyre reading was taken from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

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

You may 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 fight against websites that republish my content without consent it is much easier for me to show 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 blog post with my staff, is that all right?
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 whole article, provide the link to it..

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