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Reporting Alleged Copyright Infringement
(Updated 10.3.2003)
The University at Buffalo
requires its faculty, staff, students and affiliates utilizing
university infrastructure to
comply with U.S. copyright laws. The University at Buffalo reserves
the right to remove or limit access to material posted on University-owned
computers if it is alleged that U.S. copyright laws have been
violated. If the University determines that U.S. copyright laws
have in fact been violated, the infringing material will be permanently
removed.
Reporting Infringement
In accordance with the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the University at Buffalo
has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright
infringement. The DMCA requires that all claims of infringement
be in writing and include:
- A physical or electronic
signature of the copyright owner or person designated to act
on his/her behalf
- Identification of the
allegedly infringed copyrighted work, including:
- Identity of the copyright
owner, if not the complainant
- Contact information for
the complainant or person designated to
act on his/her behalf, including address, telephone number and,
if available, email address
- Citation of the copyrighted
work (author/creator, title/description, copyright date)
- Statement of copyright
ownership
- Identification of the
host Web site and sufficient information to locate it including:
- URL (Web address).
- Date, time, and time
zone the Web site was observed
- The complainant must provide:
- A statement that the
complainant has a good faith belief that the use of the material
is not authorized by the copyright owner or the law
- A statement that the
information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty
of perjury, that the complainant is authorized to act on behalf
of the copyright owner
To report alleged copyright
infringements on University at Buffalo Web sites, please contact
the University at Buffalo's designated DMCA agent:
Richard H. Lesniak, PhD
Director, Academic Services, CIT
University at Buffalo
201 Computing Center
Buffalo, New York 14260
Phone: (716) 645-6158
Fax: (716) 645-3734
E-mail: ub-dmca-designated-agent@buffalo.edu
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All Rights Reserved
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Content last reviewed: October 3, 2003
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