Digital Copyright Compliance at Rice
Downloading,
copying and sharing material, such as music, movies, games, and
applications, for which the copyright holder has not given you rights
is both against the law and Rice University' Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for computing resources.
The
Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, also referred to as
H.R. 4137, was signed into law on August 14. The HEOA primarily
addresses obstacles that make it difficult for qualified students to
obtain a college education, but it also includes specific statements
requiring colleges and universities to comply with digital copyright
laws.
Beginning with the 2008 academic year, Rice University is required to take the following steps.
-
Provide an annual disclosure to the community, stating the illegal
distribution of copyrighted materials is subject to both civil and
criminal penalties
- Consider the use of technology-based deterrents to illegal file sharing
- Offer alternatives to illegal file sharing
Additional
information on how Rice will implement these three requirements will be
published in this web site by the Vice Provost for Information
Technology, Kamran Khan and the IT Security Officer, Marc Scarborough.
