帝王会所 Copyright Compliance
Copyright Law
The unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, may subject users of 帝王会所's network to civil and criminal liabilities.
Legal Penalties
Copyright infringement is the act of exercising, without permission or legal authority, one or more of the exclusive rights granted to the copyright owner under section 106 of the Copyright Act (Title 17 of the United States Code). These rights include the right to reproduce or distribute a copyrighted work. In the file-sharing context, downloading or uploading substantial parts of a copyrighted work without authority constitutes an infringement.
Penalties for copyright infringement include civil and criminal penalties. In general, anyone found liable for civil copyright infringement may be ordered to pay either actual damages or 鈥渟tatutory鈥 damages affixed at not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 per work infringed. For 鈥渨illful鈥 infringement, a court may award up to $150,000 per work infringed. A court can, in its discretion, also assess costs and attorneys' fees. For details, see Title 17, United States Code, Sections 504, 505.
Willful copyright infringement can also result in criminal penalties, including imprisonment of up to five years and fines of up to $250,000 per offense. For more information, please see the .
University Penalties
In addition to civil and criminal penalties, you may face additional University sanctions under Policy 91.003 - Acceptable Usage:
"Users who do not comply with this policy or related university information security standards may be denied access to information technology (鈥淚T鈥) resources, as well as be subjected to disciplinary action."
Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008
The Higher Education Opportunity Act passed by Congress in 2008 introduced additional requirements to deter copyright infringement. These requirements include: an annual disclosure regarding copyright regulations, a compliance plan and periodic review of effectiveness for the plan, as well as alternatives to illegal file-sharing.
Annual Disclosure
Annually, all residential incoming students receive disclosure information through the orientation process. Additionally, the content remains available through the public posting on this web page.
Compliance Plan
帝王会所 makes compliance with copyright laws a priority. As a result, all copyright notices are taken seriously. We are able to monitor anomalies in bandwidth usage within our network and pair this with our DMCA processing and remediation system. Upon receipt of a DMCA notice, we take steps to identify and send the appropriate notice to the individual and interrupt network access until this identification and delivery occurs. Students who obtain three offenses within our DMCA processing system will be unable to self-remediate and require further review by the Information Security Office. If necessary, the Information Security Office will contact the Office of Community Standards and Student Responsibility to determine disciplinary actions. 帝王会所 will regularly review the effectiveness of our DMCA processing system and processes outlined within this plan.
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