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UT System Administration Policy Library -- Policy UTS106
Copyright Notice on Loaned Library Software |
Responsible Officer: Vice Chancellor and General Counsel
Sponsoring Office: Office of General Counsel
Effective Date: July 8, 1991
Last Reviewed: January 14, 2009
Next Scheduled Review: June 30, 2010
Errors or changes to: policyoffice@utsystem.edu
CONTENTS
Policy Statement
Rationale
Scope
Website Address For This Policy
Related Statutes, Policies, Requirements Or Standards
Contacts
Definitions
Responsibilities
Procedures
Forms Tools/Online Processes
Appendix
POLICY STATEMENT
To clarify the circumstances under which software may be loaned by a nonprofit library for nonprofit purposes without permission of the copyright owner.
RATIONALE
Section 109 (b)(2)(A) of the Copyright Act permits "lending" of software by nonprofit libraries for nonprofit purposes without permission of the copyright owner if the library affixes a warning to the software.
SCOPE
All institutions and UT System Administration
WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR THIS POLICY
http://www.utsystem.edu/policy/policies/uts106.html
RELATED STATUTES, POLICIES, REQUIREMENTS OR STANDARDS
UT System Administration Policies & Standards |
Other Statutes, Policies & Standards |
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CONTACTS
If you have any questions about UT System Administration policy UTS 106, Copyright Notice on Loaned Library Software, please contact the following office(s):
DEFINITIONS
None
RESPONSIBILITIES
The owner of the software
- Attaches warning (see Appendix) to the software copies or containers in which they are contained.
PROCEDURES
The warning must be securely attached to the software copies or to the containers in which they are permanently kept and must be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual user of the computer program.
FORMS AND TOOLS/ONLINE PROCESSES
None
APPENDIX
The following necessary warning has been prescribed by the federal Copyright Office:
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the reproduction, distribution, adaptation, public performance, and public display of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in law, nonprofit libraries are authorized to lend, lease or rent copies of computer programs to patrons on a nonprofit basis and for nonprofit purposes. Any person who makes an unauthorized copy or adaptation of the computer program, redistributes the loan copy, or publicly performs or displays the computer program, except as permitted by Title 17 of the United States Code, may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to fulfill a loan request if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the request would lead to violation of the copyright law.
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