The College adheres to the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 regarding the copying or distribution of copyrighted materials. This policy applies to all faculty, staff, and students. (Policy 4.2.10)
In addition, the College requires its faculty, staff, and students to comply with the United States Copyright Act (Title 17 of the United States Code) (the Copyright Act). Faculty, students, and staff may download, possess, and store only lawfully acquired, copyrighted materials; and may use, adapt, and distribute those materials only in ways consistent with the Copyright Act, applicable case law, the Fair Use principle, and the intellectual property rights of others. The unauthorized use (downloading, possessing, storing, copying, adapting, sharing, or distribution) of copyrighted materials is a violation of federal law and College policy and is strictly prohibited.
When requesting the copying materials from college printing and audio/visual services, the individual requesting will certify that the materials is one of the following:
- Not copyrighted material;
- Copyrighted, but copying is within fair use guidelines; and/or
- Copyrighted material with permission to copy from the owner is provided.
Faculty, students, and staff may download, possess and store only lawfully acquired, copyrighted materials; and may use, adapt, and distribute those materials only in ways consistent with the Copyright Act, associated case law, the Fair Use principle, and the intellectual property rights of others. The unauthorized use (downloading, possessing, storing, copying, adapting, sharing, or distribution) of copyrighted materials is a violation of federal law and College policy and is strictly prohibited. (Procedure 4.2.10.1)