Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

Can I forward your newsletter to my associates?
Yes, naturally. Strike 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 modify those out)..

You might 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 sites that republish my material without authorization 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 time-consuming and even when submitted effectively some hosting companies still need even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot simpler 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 okay?.
Yes, thats absolutely great as long as youre using the embed or link supplied by YouTube and not downloading the video then republishing it (read YouTubes TOS for more details)..

You may have noticed that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my article and in more of the cover images for my videos. There is a reason for that and its not that Ive found a brand-new vanity in my mid-40s. The reason is that in my on-going fight versus websites that republish my content without approval it is a lot easier for me to prove proof of ownership and creativity when my face remains in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, check out on..

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

Its relatively easy to compose a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Thats a little harder to stop so my recourse is to submit DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to remove the upseting content from their results pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when filed effectively some hosting companies still require even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my blog site post.

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