You may 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 reason is that in my on-going battle versus websites that republish my material without approval it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed correctly some hosting companies still require 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 a description of the originality of my blog post.

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

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

You might 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 discovered a brand-new vanity in my mid-40s. The factor is that in my on-going fight versus websites that republish my material without approval it is much simpler for me to prove evidence of ownership and creativity when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, continue reading..

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog site 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 desire someone to read the entire post, give them the link to it..

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

Can I forward your newsletter to my coworkers?
Yes, of course. 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 post so do not be tempted to edit those out)..

The majority of the websites that are taking my work nowadays are doing so via automated ways. Its relatively simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the content from an RSS feed and imports it into a different website. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops a few of the thieves, but the majority of have moved onto utilizing scripts that scrape straight from the site rather of from the RSS feed. Thats a little harder to stop so my option is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to get rid of the upseting material from their results pages. Furthermore, I then file DMCA takedown notifications with the websites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy 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 shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog site post.