Actions taken by UMC for Copyright violations:

Why:
The University of Minnesota takes a strong stand against unlawful distribution of copyrighted materials (music, movies, software, etc). We respond to copyright infringement notices from copyright owners (ie RIAA, Sony Pictures) who actively search for such violations on the network. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires UMC to take action against anyone illegally distributing copyrighted materials.

Actions Taken:
If an individual is found to be distributing copyrighted material using any university computing resources the following action(s) will be taken:

• 1st Offense: User’s access is disabled. Incident is logged at the Helpdesk. Users who have lost access must visit the Helpdesk (Kiehle 131) and must complete these steps to regain access:

Step 1: Hard drive will be impounded and user will receive a reloaded hard drive from the UMC help desk with a fresh software installation. User is responsible for backing up all files. (link to how-to-backup)

Step 2: Student must complete the Copyright/High Bandwidth form. Once these steps are completed, access will be enabled within one business day.

Step 3: Student must write a 5-7 page copyright violation paper to be graded by the UMC Communications faculty within 6 days.

If the paper has not been turned in to UMC Communications faculty within one week, access is blocked again until three days after the paper is turned in. Papers will be graded and checked for plagiarism within one week.