University Student Affairs Student Handbook
26 2021-22
MBKU Plan to Combat the Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Material MBKU currently blocks ports commonly used for illegal Peer-to-Peer (P2P) use and monitors remaining network traffic for possible illegal use. If high bandwidth consumers are observed, they are contacted to ensure that their bandwidth consumption is the result of legal purposes only. Warning signs are posted on campus stating that the person using the equipment is liable for any infringement. The University will also apply traffic monitoring and aggressively respond to Digital Millennium Copyright Act notices. The MBKU Library provides licensed electronic access to books and journals through several publishers and databases. Password protected access is provided through the library website. Authorized users include full-time and part-time students. By signed license agreement, each student may: access, search, browse, view, print and store electronic copies for exclusive use, one article per journal issue, or one chapter or 10% of each book. By signed license agreement, students may not redistribute, or retransmit journal articles or book chapters downloaded from any of the electronic resources provided by the library. MBKU is under no obligation to protect a user from a complaint or action arising from any violation, or alleged violation, of the law, including infringement of any intellectual property rights due to use of peer-to-peer or any other type of file sharing software applications. Users should understand that material accessible through the internet does not mean that accessing and distributing such material is authorized by copyright holders. Even when users pay for access, they do not necessarily acquire the right to distribute material to others. Copyright Clearance Center The Copyright Clearance Center Annual License provides the MBKU community with comprehensive copyright coverage that colleges and universities need to share information. With this license, students have copyright permission to use thousands more books and journal articles in the classroom and in their research, while respecting the intellectual property of others. For more specific copyright information, please visit the MBKU Library website.
H. Intellectual Property MBKU holds the creative process and all products from that process, including copyrighted, trademarked, or patented material, and other intellectual property, in high regard, with the expectation that all students and employees of MBKU will conscientiously uphold principles of academic integrity and respect for the intellectual property of others. MBKU believes that our community is best served by creating an intellectual environment whereby creative efforts and innovations can be encouraged and rewarded, while still retaining for the University and its learning communities reasonable access to, and use of, the intellectual property for whose creation the University has provided assistance. The University must ensure that its facilities, financial resources, and property are not used for personal profit or gain. Therefore, it is policy of MBKU that: 1. All classes of intellectual property created on a student’s or employee’s own time, using their own resources, private property and facilities are the sole property of the owner; 2. Material created for ordinary teaching use in the classroom and in department programs, such as syllabi, PowerPoint presentations, assignments, and tests, shall remain the property of the faculty author and the University; 3. MBKU students may use course materials for their personal educational use only and may not make any of the material available to others without the express written permission of the instructor and the University; 4. A written agreement between the creator(s) and the University will occur for any form of intellectual property that was created or produced using the resources, property, or facilities of MBKU; 5. No student or employee shall realize a profit from any intellectual product sold exclusively to students at the University; AND 6. All students and employees will maintain academic integrity and respect others’ intellectual property rights. Policy developed using, in part, the Sample Intellectual Property Policy and Contract Language from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
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