More Internet Issues
SOLUTIONS
More Internet Issues
Which of the following activities constitutes copyright infringement
if carried out without permission of the relevant copyright owners?
Activity
Infringement?
Downloading into RAM
Yes
Transferring and saving from RAM to hard disk
Yes
Transferring in digital format via internet
Yes
Cutting and pasting
Yes
Encrypting
Yes
Translating
Yes
Hyperlinking
Could do
These are likely to be contrary to Lakeland's Internet Policy and may leave
the Professors open to disciplinary action.
What could they do to protect the materials they place on the internet?
n
Put a copyright notice on the work.
n
Insert a copyright statement on the relevant website. This statement
should set out what people can and cannot do with the materials placed
on the website. Lakeland should ensure that people accessing the
website have to accept the copyright as part of the terms and conditions
they accept before they can access the materials.
n
Provide that people have to enter into a licence with Lakeland before
they could access the work.
n
Use authentication systems, for example, ATHENS, to ensure that
only those people with a username and password can access the
relevant website.
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