Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

Can I forward your newsletter to my associates?
Yes, obviously. Hit the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is one of the trademarks of my blog site posts so do not be tempted to edit those out)..

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

Its reasonably simple to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a different website. Thats a little harder to stop so my recourse is to submit DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to remove the upseting material from their results pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when filed properly some hosting business still need much more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my favorite flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing an explanation of the creativity of my blog post. Still, some shady hosting companies (usually situated outside of the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases a minimum of theres a simple method for visitors of the offending website to realize that what theyre checking out was taken from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

You might have noticed 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 reason is that in my on-going battle versus websites that republish my content without consent it is a lot easier for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face remains in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, continue reading..

I like to share the title or a little summary of your 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 want somebody to read the whole article, provide the link to it..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school website, is that all right?.
Yes, thats absolutely great as long as youre utilizing the embed or link provided by YouTube and not downloading the video then republishing it (check out YouTubes TOS for more details)..

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 fight against sites that republish my material without authorization it is much simpler for me to show evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when submitted effectively some hosting companies still need even more evidence of initial work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog site post.

If Youre in a Similar Situation, resources.
If you have a website or blog site that is likewise frequently scraped, here are some resources that might be handy to you..

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