Property Issues
The State of Indiana adheres to its chosen server's(Indy) copyright and property mandates. Those
precepts are listed below. "Indy" is in compliance with
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Because we have only one Internet connected computer,
with no student access, parental permission and issues
of inappropriate materials are instead, monitored for
adult consumption. With that in mind, the sites chosen
on the Internet must be business/school related, and
our solitary computer was sealed off several weeks
ago, due to website content chosen by a second shift
employee.
It is against Indy
policies to:
Resell our Internet Services to others without our written permission.
Obtain, or attempt to obtain, unauthorized access to, monitor, or use any data, systems, or networks without the express permission of the owner.
Relay mail via another site's mail server without express permission of that site.
Cancel any postings or messages other than your own, except for postings in your name that have been forged.
Impersonate any person or entity, including any employee or representative of Onemain.
Disclose your password for accessing our Internet Services to a third party, or otherwise facilitate unauthorized access.
Add, remove or modify identifying network header information ("spoofing") in an effort to deceive or mislead, or any attempt to impersonate any person by using forged headers or other identifying information. The use of anonymous remailers or nicknames does not constitute a violation of this provision.
Transmit, post, store,
link or distribute another's intellectual property or proprietary information,
including trade secrets, trademarks, right of publicity or copyright information,
without express authorization of the rights holder. Pursuant to the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act accounts of users who repeatedly infringe
the copyrights of others must be terminated.
An overview of the
Digital
Millennium Copyright Act,1998 simplifies the principles adopted by
the State of Indiana:
Makes it a crime to circumvent anti-piracy measures built into most commercial software.
Outlaws the manufacture, sale, or distribution of code-cracking devices used to illegally copy software.
Does permit the cracking of copyright protection devices, however, to conduct encryption research, assess product interoperability, and test computer security systems.
Provides exemptions from anti-circumvention provisions for nonprofit libraries, archives, and educational institutions under certain circumstances.
In general, limits Internet service providers from copyright infringement liability for simply transmitting information over the Internet.
Service providers, however, are expected to remove material from users' web sites that appears to constitute copyright infringement.
Limits liability of nonprofit institutions of higher education -- when they serve as online service providers and under certain circumstances -- for copyright infringement by faculty members or graduate students.
Requires that "webcasters" pay licensing fees to record companies.
Requires that the Register of Copyrights, after consultation with relevant parties, submit to Congress recommendations regarding how to promote distance education through digital technologies while "maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright owners and the needs of users."
States explicitly that "[n]othing
in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses
to copyright infringement, including fair use..."
In closing, an analysis of what the copyright law means to schools and libraries can be found here: http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/dmca.html