As per the legal policy, everything posted must be user generated content:
COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK AND RESTRICTIONS OF USE
This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to Us. This material includes, but is not limited to: the design, layout, look, appearance, trademarks, graphics, documents, information and materials, and user generated content ("Contents"). You are not permitted to reproduce the contents on the website for the purposes of sale or use by any third party. In particular, You are not permitted to republish, upload, transmit electronically or otherwise distribute any of the Contents that may be available for download from time to time on this website.
MyPTSD.com expressly reserves all copyright and trademark in all Contents, on Our website and We reserve the right to take action against You if You breach any of these terms.
Any redistribution or reproduction in part or all of the Contents in any form is prohibited other than the following: You may print or download contents to a local hard disk for Your personal and non-commercial use only. You may copy some extracts only to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if You acknowledge the website as the source of the material.
You may not, except with Our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the Contents; nor may You transmit or store the Contents in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.
All user generated content must be unique and then becomes copyright MyPTSD.com.
EDIT TO ADD: The policy has changed. Please read: Link Removed
We additionally have always had the policy that when requested by the author, in writing, for legitimate reuse of their content in commercial works or such, we give that permission and waive rights and claims on individual basis. Content being copyright stop all issues about users privacy, it places your personal content into our hands for active engagement on as required basis to then chase copyright infringement if it has occurred.
I'm pretty sure I asked this question in the past year or two, whether members wanted content being copyright removed -- the overwhelming majority did not. They wanted us to maintain protection of their content.
I'm super happy to remove it, honestly. It means less work for me, less worry, and certainly less financial input when I've had to employ legal advice. Like all online sites that accept user generated content, you grant us a perpetual license to use your content as we desire, forever. We, as a website, are super good and solid legally for use of member content. The copyright is purely a protection measure, which has allowed us to stop abuse of others content, which has occurred over past years.
What I can't do though, is sit on the fence giving out passes individually. It is an all or nothing legal component.
READ THE LEGAL POLICY THAT YOU ACCEPT AT REGISTRATION.
Honestly, I'm a little tired of this coming around every x months by a member or two. I think the simplest decision is that I will remove copyright, licensing remains, so you can do what you want with your content, and if anyone uses your content outside this site, it's up to you to chase and legally implement, including anything private. Removing this issue and MyPTSD from this ongoing question and debate.
Please read: Link Removed