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 fine?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the entire thing and or passing it off as your own. If you desire someone to check out the entire article, provide the link to it..

Its relatively simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various website. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my option is to submit DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the upseting content from their outcomes pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when filed appropriately some hosting business still need even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my picture of myself using my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog site post.

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 approval it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed properly some hosting companies still need even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my picture of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog post.

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

You may have discovered that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my post 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 factor is that in my on-going fight against websites that republish my content without consent it is a lot easier for me to show proof of ownership and creativity when my face remains in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, keep reading..

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school site, is that fine?.
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)..

Can I forward your newsletter to my associates?
Yes, obviously. 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 blog site posts so dont be lured to edit those out)..

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

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