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 factor is that in my on-going fight against websites that republish my material without permission it is much easier for me to prove evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image.

Resources if Youre in a Similar Situation.
If you have a website or blog that is also often scraped, here are some resources that might be practical to you..

The majority of the websites that are stealing my work nowadays are doing so through automated means. Its relatively simple to write 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 some of the burglars, but the majority of have actually moved onto using scripts that scrape straight from the website instead of from the RSS feed. Thats a little harder to stop so my option is to submit DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to remove the upseting material from their outcomes pages. In addition, I then submit DMCA takedown notifications with the sites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when submitted appropriately some hosting companies still require even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself using my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog post.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog site post with my personnel, 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 somebody to check out the entire article, provide them the link to it..

You might 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 reason is that in my on-going fight against 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. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when submitted effectively some hosting companies still require even more evidence 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 composing a description of the creativity of my blog post.

Help Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, obviously. Hit the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of parentheses and hyphens is among the hallmarks of my article so do not be lured to modify those out)..

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 provided by YouTube and not downloading the video then republishing it (check out YouTubes TOS for more information)..

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