Why You’re Seeing More of My Face

I like to share the title or a little summary of your post with my personnel, is that fine?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the entire thing and or passing it off as your own. If you desire somebody to read the entire post, provide them the link to it..

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

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

Its relatively easy to write a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various site. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my recourse is to submit DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the upseting content from their results pages.
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is time-consuming and even when submitted correctly some hosting companies still require a lot more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my photo of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my blog site post. Still, some shady hosting business (generally situated beyond the United States) wont do a darn thing to honor my request. In those cases a minimum of theres an easy method for visitors of the offending website to understand that what theyre reading was drawn from FreeTech4Teachers.com.

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school website, is that all right?.
Yes, thats totally great 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)..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

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

You may have seen 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 versus websites that republish my content without approval it is much easier for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is lengthy and even when filed properly some hosting business still require even more evidence of original work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot simpler and faster than writing a description of the creativity of my blog post.

You might have observed 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 factor is that in my on-going fight versus websites that republish my content without permission it is much simpler for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, read on..

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