You may 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 reason is that in my on-going battle versus websites that republish my content without permission it is much easier for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when filed properly some hosting business still need even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my preferred flannel shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the creativity of my blog site post.

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

I like to share the title or a little summary of your blog site post with my staff, is that alright?
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 entire post, provide them the link to it..

Can I forward your newsletter to my associates?
Yes, obviously. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I composed it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is among the hallmarks of my post so dont be lured to edit those out)..

Most of the sites that are taking my work these days are doing so through automated ways. Its reasonably 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 burglars, but most have moved onto using scripts that scrape directly from the website rather of from the RSS feed. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my option is to submit DMCA takedown notifications with Google to get them to get rid of the offending material from their outcomes pages. Additionally, I then file DMCA takedown notifications with the sites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when filed properly some hosting companies still need even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself using my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog site post.

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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. There is a factor for that and its not that Ive discovered a new vanity in my mid-40s. The factor is that in my on-going fight against sites that republish my material without permission it is much simpler for me to prove proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the description of that, check out on..

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

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