Why I stopped publishing end-of-year most-read lists
I haven’t published the yearly Most Read article in the last three years. I stopped sharing readership numbers as the lists were used to steal my best works.
Copyright
I’m not a lawyer but I’m interested in copyright as a writer and creator. I blog about the intersection between intellectual property laws and technology.
New font with Unicode-compatible Creative Commons license symbols
Unicode 13 introduced Creative Commons license symbols. Here’s a small free font file with the new characters, so you can use them on your computer or website.
Put your image metadata to use: embed it in your image files
Put your existing image metadata to good use. Embed descriptions, copyright information, and more into your images to improve Bing/Google Image Search results.
Ctrl blog is now licensed under Creative Commons licenses
I’ve applied a permissive content license in hopes to enable more free-culture sharing and attract more incoming links.
Copyright and the distributed peer-to-peer web
An investigation into the legal-side and international copyright law when publishing on distributed peer-to-peer internet alternatives.
Aren’t AMP Caches committing copyright infringement?
How can mass-copying pages from web publishers without a license not be mass-copyright infringement? The weird copyright law exemption that enables AMP Caches.
Combat article theft by delaying RSS feeds
I tried and succeeded in fighting back against news feed (‘RSS’) content scrapers by slightly delaying the publication of my feeds.
Keep a record when sourcing royalty-free stock photos for your works
Maintain a record of where you acquired royalty-free or Creative Commons stock photographs. It can prove to be a very valuable resource in your future.
Disclaimers for when you’re knowingly pirating intellectual property
“No copyright infringement intended” isn’t a blanket defense; it’s self-incrimination. Saying nothing is better than saying the wrong thing.
How I dealt with web content scrapers
The tale of how I fought back against website content scrapers to protect my copyright. I returned auto-generated garbage content, and they gobbled it up.