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Copyright infringement is a topic of vital importance to any website that hosts user content.
MyPTSD is committed to staying on the right side of the law, when it comes to copyright protections and violations.
To that end: a new policy will go into effect beginning May 25 2017
Staff will remove anything that appears to be in violation of copyright. This includes, but is not limited to:
Added by Anthony: Fair use is majority null and void where a page containing fair use material is monetised. This website is monetised with affiliate advertising, thus 99% of cases void fair use.
The poetry threads and song lyrics threads will be locked. If you have original material that you have posted, that you wish to retrieve - please do so over the next four days. After that, the threads will be deleted.
Materials may be recovered post-deletion, but I'd prefer that individuals take responsibility for this on their own.
CONSEQUENCES FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT:
After May 25th, posting material that you do not own will result in the following:
I will follow this post with some guidelines for proper and legal excerpting of material that is owned by others. But again - members must err on the side of caution now, and moderators will be applying their best judgement as to whether a post is violating copyright or not.
Please hold your questions until you've read the guidelines post, to follow.
Copyright infringement is a topic of vital importance to any website that hosts user content.
MyPTSD is committed to staying on the right side of the law, when it comes to copyright protections and violations.
To that end: a new policy will go into effect beginning May 25 2017
Staff will remove anything that appears to be in violation of copyright. This includes, but is not limited to:
- images
- quotations in excess (from studies, journals, books, etc.)
- song lyrics (un-original) posted in full
- poems (un-original) posted in full
- infographics
- anything else that is not easily verified as belonging to the poster
- if you didn't create it, don't post it
- if you aren't sure how much of it you can safely excerpt, provide a link but no quote.
Added by Anthony: Fair use is majority null and void where a page containing fair use material is monetised. This website is monetised with affiliate advertising, thus 99% of cases void fair use.
The poetry threads and song lyrics threads will be locked. If you have original material that you have posted, that you wish to retrieve - please do so over the next four days. After that, the threads will be deleted.
Materials may be recovered post-deletion, but I'd prefer that individuals take responsibility for this on their own.
CONSEQUENCES FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT:
After May 25th, posting material that you do not own will result in the following:
- First offence: Material will be deleted, and a warning given
- Second offence: Permanent banning
I will follow this post with some guidelines for proper and legal excerpting of material that is owned by others. But again - members must err on the side of caution now, and moderators will be applying their best judgement as to whether a post is violating copyright or not.
Please hold your questions until you've read the guidelines post, to follow.
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