Use of our content by other websites is something we take seriously. One of the main considerations is who uses it: If it is a reputable website that is working hard to deliver original quality information, like PBS, NY Times, or many other large and small news organizations, we generally will not mind at all, and we are glad if we can be part of what you’re doing. If it’s someone just taking our content and re-blogging it for easy traffic, we will use legal action when appropriate. The main standard we look at is if the person who uses our stuff is also working hard and producing quality, original content. We also consider size: if it’s a small site with an obviously small budget, we will understand if it uses some of our stuff, so long as they provide proper source information and links.
When you use our content, our general guideline (which is not hard and fast, but is usually appropriate) is to provide a link to the original source of what you copy (link to the webpage on our site) as well as, when appropriate, a source credit to The Speaker, which is linked to our homepage. We call this the “Speaker Link Share Licence.” It is similar to most sharing of content done on the internet.
Don’t copy our text in bulk, but we are happy if you can find things in our work that enrich your own, and you should feel welcome to use our work for those purposes.
We have original artwork and infographics on our site. You can share this, but make sure your share links back to the original on our website and has text identifying it as our artwork (Artwork by: TheSpeaker.co). If you are sharing our artwork and infographics to social media, like Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc., press the “share” button on the page or on top of the image. Do not save the image and upload it to the social media site so that people who see it cannot find the original simply by clicking it.
Additionally, we have a “blue list” of organizations we pre-approve to use our content at their discretion because we trust them.