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Rules and Resources for Online Intellectual Property
General Information - Saint Louis University
The following resources are available to the Saint Louis University community to accomplish its goals without infringing the intellectual property rights of others. Infringement can result in lawsuits or require withdrawal of infringing material. Note that network publication of student work may involve issues both in copyright law and FERPA privacy law.
"Property sensitive" measures include obtaining permission for use, quoting source material according to the four Fair Use requirements, and finding alternate materials that are easier to legally use (such as items that assigned or lapsed into public domain or U.S. government publications). Writers should also heed long-standing academic standards of citation and acknowledgment.
An excellent collection of advice on these matters is available at the following sources:
The following procedures implement Saint Louis University`s enforcement of specific sections of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Other documents on this site implement other aspects of the DMCA. The following procedures, including use of the central DMCA agent, should prove expedient to all concerned.
- The University's registered DMCA agent shall receive all claims of infringement. Claims may come from inside or outside the University. The law requires such claims to contain certain information including location of infringement materials.
- The DMCA agent shall promptly acknowledge receipt of each infringement claim. If the claim fails to substantially comply in supplying information, the registered agent shall promptly attempt to contact the person making the notification or take other reasonable steps to assist in the receipt of notification that substantially complies.
- The registered DMCA agent shall coordinate activities, keep records required to track
repeat offenses, and assure proper adjudication of all incidents. The DMCA agent and
those acting for and in conjunction with the DMCA agent shall:
- Protect rights of intellectual property owners as defined by law, University policy, and accepted standards of academic behavior
- Protect rights and due process of those accused of infringement - particularly if Fair Use protection may apply
- Generally support the authorized instruction, research and service missions of the University
- Consult the General Counsel and CIO when any question arises in pursuing the above.
- Upon receipt of a complete claim of infringement, the registered agent shall direct prompt removal of material or removal of all local or wide-area network access to the material or activity claimed to be infringing. The Registered Agent shall take steps to ensure this take-down will impact essential University activities as little as possible in effecting immediate compliance, and will arrange that University agents will promptly restore the material or activity, upon proper compliance with the terms of DMCA regarding Put Back procedures.
- The registered University agent or the agent`s delegate will take responsible steps to promptly notify the subscriber/user of the take-down. This notice will specify information required to make a counterclaim, and other information explaining applicable due process rights.
- Saint Louis University may terminate access and exercise disciplinary and/or other correctional measures for any copyright infringement claim, including repeated claims and/or violations or flagrant misuse of the University`s information systems equipment or network connections and/or services.
- All questions regarding this policy should be directed to the University`s Registered Agent.
Rebecca Harness
AVP and Chief Information Security Officer
Saint Louis University
314-977-1115
rebecca.harness@health.slu.edu
For more information about DMCA, please visit the .
Copyright Owners
The requires that a claim of copyright infringement be sent to the University`s Registered Agent, providing specific information as outlined below. DMCA Section (512)(f) provides penalties for knowingly misrepresenting a claim.
DMCA Section 512(c)(3)(A) requires the following of notices alleging copyright infringement:
Elements of Notification
To be effective under this subsection, a notification of claimed infringement must
be a written communication provided to the Registered Agent of a service provider that includes substantially the following:
(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. [As an electronic signature,
our agent accepts facsimile/fax and digitized image of your signature attached to
electronic mail.]
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple
copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a
representative list of such works at that site.
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject
of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled,
and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the
material.
[Please include a URL such as https://.../.../... or ftp://.../.../... identifying
the material or representative material. If possible, specify any IDs, passwords,
or other authorization required to access the material. Please specify date, time,
and time zone from which the material was observed. Technicians may require time information
in order to identify dynamically assigned internet locations.]
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining
party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail
address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
(v) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material
in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or
the law.
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty
of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner
of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
DMCA Section 512(d)(3) requires similar information for notices requesting removal of links or other references to infringing materials.
The DMCA requires prompt acknowledgment and action from the registered DMCA agent. The registered DMCA agent will forward any counterclaims to the complaining party. Laws such as the U.S. may control to what extent the University can identify specific members or how to contact them.
Counterclaims of Copyright Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 512(g)(3) requires that a counterclaim of copyright infringement provide certain information specified below. DMCA Section 512(f) defines penalties for knowingly misrepresenting a counterclaim.
Contents of Counter Notification
To be effective under this subsection, a counter notification must be a written communication provided to the service provider's Registered Agent that includes substantially the following:
(A) A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.
[As an electronic signature, our agent accepts facsimile/fax and digitized image of
signature attached to electronic mail.]
(B) Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been
disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or
access to it was disabled.
[This information will normally be included in the notice you receive from the DMCA
agent. You may want to expand on it or distinguish some materials from others. Please
include a URL such as https://.../.../... or ftp://.../.../... identifying the material
or representative material. Specify any IDs, passwords or other authorization required
to access the material.]
(C) A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief
that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification
of the material to be removed or disabled.
[If you have any permissions for subject materials, please identify them. If you believe
materials to be quotable under Fair Use Doctrine, please state your case with reference
to the four principles of Fair Use.]
D) The subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the
subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial
district in which the address is located, or if the subscriber's address is outside
of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may
be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who
provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
Once the complaining party receives your claim, the DMCA permits your service provider, the University, to restore materials or access within two weeks - unless the complaining party serves notice that it intends to seek a court order to restrain infringement. University policy may mandate for other reasons that materials or access not be restored, and that other investigation, containment, or disciplinary measures proceed.