You might have observed 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 factor is that in my on-going battle against sites that republish my content without consent it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even when submitted appropriately some hosting business still need even more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my photo of myself using my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing an explanation of the originality of my blog post.

You may have observed 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 factor is that in my on-going fight versus sites that republish my content without authorization it is a lot easier for me to show proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, check out on..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog 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 whole article, provide them the link to it..

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

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
Yes, naturally. Hit 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 post so dont be lured to modify those out)..

Its fairly simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Thats a little harder to stop so my recourse is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the upseting material from their outcomes pages.
When filed properly some hosting business still require even more evidence of initial work and ownership, filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even. Having the ability to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot easier and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog post. Still, some shady hosting business (generally located beyond the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases a minimum of theres an easy method for visitors of the upseting website to understand that what theyre reading was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

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

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school website, is that okay?.
Yes, thats completely 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)..