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The following list summarizes
serious violations of Skidmore's web page creation policy.
- COPYRIGHT
- Current international
law states that all original work is protected by copyright regardless
of whether or not a copyright notice is attached. This includes unpublished
manuscripts, news reports, public speeches, personal correspondence,
photographs, graphic images, music, videos, computer software,
and of course, published journals and monographs and any other physical
expression of an idea.
- To be free of copyright
an author (or subsequent copyright owner) must state explicitly that
the work has been placed in the public domain. Any person violating
copyright policies (see Skidmore's policy here)
is in violation of this policy statement.
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- FORGERY & MISREPRESENTATION
- Just as
it is possible for someone to forge a signature on a paper document,
one can make it appear as though a different person created a web page.
The College views such practices as a violation of this policy statement.
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- MENACING
- Creating web pages that
are abusive or threaten an individual's safety is a serious violation
of this policy statement. The creation of web pages for sexual, ethnic,
religious, or minority harassment of an individual is a violation of
this policy statement.
FTP SITES
- Creating FTP sites that
distribute copyrighted information such as music, images, etc. is a
serious violation of this policy statement.
RESPONSE TO CLAIMED VIOLATIONS
When the agent to receive statutory
notices about infringements under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act receives a report of suspected copyright violation,
he/she will "respond expeditiously to remove, or disable access to,
the material that is claimed to be infringing."
- Information
Technology (IT) will temporarily disable a user's account
if it is reasonably believed that the user represents a serious on-going
threat to copyright violation or a violation of this policy statement.
- The suspected violation
will be addressed by the agent receiving the infringement notification
and, if necessary, the violation will be reported to the appropriate
authority for investigation and adjudication as follows:
| For Faculty: |
The Dean of
the Faculty. |
| For Administration
and Staff: |
The immediate
office director and supervisor. |
| For Students: |
The Dean
of Student Affairs for action or delegation under the Student Handbook
to the Academic Integrity Board if the violation is related to a Skidmore
course or to the Social Integrity Board if the violation is related
to action not connected to a Skidmore course. |
| For Union
Personnel: |
The Human
Resources Director. |
| All members
of the College: |
Any member
of the College who believes that improper use of web pages has violated
their academic freedom may present their case to the Committee on
Academic Freedoms and Rights. |
- Complaints of menacing that
involve sexual, ethnic, religious, or minority harassment will also
be reported to the Assistant Director of Equal Opportunity and Workforce Diversity.
- Violations that include
a serious threat to personal safety will be reported to the Security
Office.
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