Copyright Infringement

All users should be aware that federal copyright laws, regardless of whether a copyright notice appears on the work, may protect any information, software, or graphics on the Internet. Licensing agreements may control redistribution of information from the University’s Internet-related systems or from the Internet. Duplication or transmission of such material may not be undertaken without express authorization from the University’s Information Technology management.

The University computer systems and networks must not be used to download, upload, or otherwise handle illegal and/or unauthorized copyrighted content. Any of the following activities constitute violations of acceptable use policy, if done without permission of the copyright owner (this list is not meant to be exhaustive, as copyright law applies to a wide variety of works):

• Copying and sharing images, music, movies, or other copyrighted material using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing or unlicensed CD’s and DVD’s
• Posting or plagiarizing copyrighted material
• Downloading copyrighted files which the user has not already legally procured