7. Copyright
D.7.01 Compliance with Requirements of the U.S. Copyright Act:
All members of the System community, including faculty, staff, students, and volunteers, must become knowledgeable about and take action to respect the legal rights of copyright owners, and refrain from actions that constitute an infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights.
Therefore, LSCS employees may not copy, distribute, sell, reproduce or revise, copyright protected materials unless the use is specifically permitted by:
a. The U.S. Copyright Act;
b. Fair use guidelines issued interpreting the requirements of the law;
c. Express terms of licenses or contractual agreements; or
d. Written permission of the copyright owner.
D.7.02 Infringing Materials on LSCS Website:
As an Internet Service Provider under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, LSCS designates the Vice Chancellor of Information Technology or his or her designee to serve as the System's agent for purpose of receiving and investigating any notice of claimed infringement on any websites maintained by the System.
Upon receiving notification that a copyright owner believes that his or her copyright-protected information has been reproduced on any website maintained by LSCS, the designated agent shall promptly remove the item from the website and investigate whether the alleged infringement occurred.
LSCS will take prompt disciplinary action, up to and including discharge of an employee who places information on a website in violation of the U.S Copyright Act.
D.7.03 Fair Use:
LSCS authorizes its faculty and others engaged in teaching, research, and service activities to utilize copyright-protected materials in accordance with the Fair Use exception as set forth in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. To facilitate the use of copyrighted materials under this exception, the System will:
e. Inform and educate its faculty, librarians, and staff about what uses, are permitted;
f. Develop and make available through the office of the General Counsel guidance regarding the reach and limits of this exception: and
g. Assist in securing permission from copyright holders.
Faculty, staff, and other employees who willfully disregard this Copyright Policy, place themselves individually at risk of legal action. In such cases, the System may refuse to defend the employee named in the court suit and in these suits the employee may incur personal liability.
D.7.04 Reproduction or Distribution of Information:
As part of meeting LSCS's commitment to provide specialized services related to the training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities, LSCS authorizes its employees to reproduce or distribute copies or phonorecords of previous published non-dramatic works in specialized formats, exclusively for use by the blind or other persons with disabilities. Any such copies or phonorecords are to bear a notice that any further reproduction or distribution in a different format is an infringement, and identifies the copyright owner and the date of original publication.
LSCS Policy Manual Section adopted by the Board of Trustees on August 7, 2008