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Effective: October 1995

It is the policy of the University to respect the copyright protections given by federal law to owners of digital materials and software. It is against University policy for faculty, staff, or students to use University equipment or services to access, use, copy or otherwise reproduce, or make available to others any copyright-protected digital materials or software except as permitted under copyright law (especially with respect to "fair use") or specific license.

The software provided through the University for use by faculty, staff, and students may be used only on computing equipment as specified in the various software licenses.

The University regards violation of this policy as a serious matter, and any such violation is without its consent and is subject to disciplinary action. Repeated violations will result in loss of computing privileges, among other sanctions.

Pursuant to 37 CFR 201.38, the University has designated the following person to receive notification from copyright owners of claimed infringement of copyright:

Shirley C. Payne
Claimed Copyright Infringement
University of Virginia
P. O. Box 400898
(2400 Old Ivy Road)
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4898
(telephone) (434) 924-4165
(facsimile) (434) 243-9197
(e-mail) DMCA@virginia.edu

The following University websites provide additional information on digital copyright:

• Students can learn about copyright law, policy, and other helpful details at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/security/copyright.
• Similar information for employees is available at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/security/copyright/facstaff.
• For those wanting to learn more about copyright laws and issues in general—including U.S. and international law, fair use, public domain status, and so on—a good place to start is http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/policies/copyright/.
• Details on how the University responds to allegations of copyright infringement are available at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/policy/uvadmca.html.

Revisions: July 2003, November 2002, December 2001

IT Policies

• Accessibility to IT
• Administrative Data Access
• Applications and Data Services Work Requests
• Audio/Video Streaming Service
• Calendar Data and Accounts
• Computing Accounts
• Copyright Infringement Response
• Copyright Protection
• Digital Copyright Protection
• Electronic Data Removal
• Electronic Data Retention
• Employee Electronic Communication/File Monitoring and/or Review
• Information Access
• Information Release
• Infrastructure, Architecture and Ongoing Operations
• IT Project Management
• IT Security Incident Reporting
• IT Security Program
• IT Security Risk Management
• Mass Emailings
• Network Access for Third Parties
• Network Service Interruption Notification
• Responsible Computing Handbooks
• Responsible Use: Ethics in Computer Usage
• Responsible Use: Obscene Material
• Responsible Use: Sexually Explicit Material
• Responsible Use: State Use of Internet and Electronic Communication Systems Policy
• Security of Networked Devices
• Shared Computing Resources
• Software Site Licenses (ITS)
• Spam
• Storage Space
• Website Advertising
• Website Privacy
• Wireless Frequencies Use

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