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Copying Software, Do's and Don'ts
Avoiding Plagiarism
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Can you "get away with" copying but not plagiarize? Can you share some files, but not others, and how do you tell? What are the consequences if you do make too many copies, use others' work as if it were your own, download music without regard to ownership, or acquire software illegally?

Students Rights of Privacy

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), "Identifying Where Technology Logging and Monitoring for Increased Security End and Violations of Personal Privacy and Student Records Begin" (2001) PDF; requires Acrobat reader to view.
<http://www.riaa.com/pdf/Copyrightletter.pdf>
This report summarizes a national study that tried to come to grips with the protection of education records and surveillance technologies used on campuses. It is intended for college and university personnel.

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). "Rebuttal letter to the RIAA et al. letter of October 3, 2002"
Encourages universities not to invade student privacy while monitoring copyright infringement.
See the 10 bibliographic references.

Including:
a. See 17 U.S.C. SS 107-122, 1008.
b. Privacy and the Handling of Student Information in the Electronic Networked Environments of Colleges and Universities, CAUSE, April 1997,
<http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub3102.pdf> PDF; requires Adobe Reader to view.
c. http://www.groove.net/
d. http://www.freenetproject.org

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Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing

Robert Clarida, "Bootleg Recordings and Fair Use"

Peter Siegel, CIO of University of Illinois, 5/23/03 letter to students about P2P file-sharing: <http://www.cio.uiuc.edu/policies/copyright/siegelltr.html>

American Council on Education, P2P File Sharing Letter, October 8, 2002
2 pages

Recording Industry Association of America, Motion Picture Association of America, National Music Publishers' Association, Songwriters Guild of America. "Letter to University Presidents about Copyright Infringement"
<http://www.aacrao.org/publications/catalog/NSF-LAMP.pdf>
3 Pages

www.musicunited.org, "where many of the legal issues related to copyrights are discussed and detailed instructions are provided on how to change software settings to avoid legal claims arising from the use of P2P systems" quoted from Cary H. Sherman, President, RIAA, letter to Sylvia Manning on April 18, 2003.

Copying Software: Do's and Don'ts

ACCC Acceptable Use Policy: "Unauthorized transferring of copyrighted materials to or from the ACCC computer system without express consent of the owner is a violation of federal law." <http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/policies/uicpol.html>

Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (DMCA) and Digital Media Consumer Rights Act 2002 (DMCRA)

Copyright and using software This site provides a brief outline of what you legally can and cannot do with software. <www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/educom.txt>

Plagiarism

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