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

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
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 edit those out)..

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

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

Most of the sites that are stealing my work these days are doing so through automated ways. Its relatively simple to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops a few of the thieves, however many have moved onto utilizing scripts that scrape directly from the site instead of from the RSS feed. Thats a little harder to stop so my option is to file DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to get rid of the offending material from their results pages. Furthermore, I then file DMCA takedown notices with the websites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when submitted appropriately 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 shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than composing a description of the originality of my blog site post.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog site post with my personnel, is that okay?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the whole thing and or passing it off as your own. If you desire someone to read the whole post, offer them the link to it..

You may have noticed 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. There is a reason for that and its not that Ive found a new vanity in my mid-40s. The factor is that in my on-going battle versus sites that republish my content without authorization it is much easier for me to show proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, continue reading..

You might have noticed 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 content without consent it is much easier for me to prove evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when submitted appropriately some hosting business still require even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself using my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than composing a description of the creativity of my blog site post.

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