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Digital Copyright Compliance at Tulane
In recent months, Tulane University has received numerous notifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) regarding the illegal distribution of copyright materials, specifically music and video content. The proliferation of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications has made this content easy to distribute, yet difficult to block on the Tulane University network.
In an effort to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), on Monday May 11, Tulane Technology Services will upgrade the CopySense Appliance to be more effectively detect the unauthorized distribution of copyright material. The new CopySense Appliance is configured to redirect users to a Graduated Response website when they exceed a sanction level of inappropriate network usage, and required to accept a compliance agreement to no longer illegally distribute/download copyright material.
The following are the response levels for violation of DMCA or HEOA:
- First offense: violator internet access will be disabled for 15 minutes
- Second offense: violator internet access will be disabled for 3 hours
- Third offense: violator internet access will be disabled until the Office of Student Conduct can contact the violator
If you have any questions or comments regarding the implementation of this device, please feel free to contact Tim Deeves at Tim@tulane.edu or Leo Tran at ldtran@tulane.edu.
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