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Special Notice Regarding Copyright Enforcement
The following e-mail message was sent by the University of Delaware to all its students on November 11, 2004.
The Motion Picture Association of America recently announced that like the Recording Industry Association of America, it will now be taking an active role in seeking out and prosecuting individuals who are downloading and sharing their copyrighted materials over the internet. Under United States copyright law, lawyers representing the motion picture and recording industries are issuing subpoenas to internet service providers, including universities, seeking the names and addresses of those suspected of violating federal copyright law.
The University of Delaware intends to comply with such subpoena requests, and may or may not provide notice to the particular individuals about whom information is sought. With this e-mail, you are on notice that the University intends to comply with legal requirements to disclose information to industry representatives.
You should also be aware that those found guilty face penalties ranging from $750 - $150,000 per downloaded file as well as sanctions by the University's Office of Judicial Affairs. For more information, see http://www.udel.edu/security/copyright_abuse.htm.
Additional Resources
- http://www.udel.edu/security/copyright_abuse.htm
- http://www.udel.edu/codeoftheweb/resources/copyright.html
- http://www.udel.edu/codeoftheweb/resources/freemusic.html
- http://www.educause.edu/issues/issue.asp?issue=p2p
- http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
