Digital Millenium Copyright Act

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Users of SUNY-ESF computer systems should be aware of their responsibilities under the federal Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA: official summary—PDF format).

Users who violate copyright laws or repeatedly violate the provisions of the DMCA may have their computer access accounts, permissions and/or privileges revoked.

Copyright owners who believe that their rights have been infringed upon by a user of the College's computing resources should submit a notification of claimed infringement to the designated DMCA agent:

Connie S. Webb
Vice President for Administration
208 Bray Hall
SUNY-ESF
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210

A proper notification of claimed infringement must include the following:

• name and address of complaining party
• contact information (phone, email)
• sufficient information to identify the copyrighted work(s)
• the infringing matter and its location (URL, publication, etc.)
• a statement by the copyright owner of good faith belief that there is no legal basis for the use of copyrighted materials by the infringing party
• a statement of the accuracy of the complaint, and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner.