DMCA

The owner or the person entitled to enforce copyright may notify The Johns Hopkins University of any violation of copyright on the university's system by sending a notice in the form required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to:

Philip Roberts
Associate General Counsel
E-mail: philroberts@jhu.edu

Copyright exists in any original work which exists or is fixed in any tangible medium of expression. Images displayable on computer screens, computer software, music, books, magazines, scientific and other journals, photographs and articles are some of the things subject to copyright. A copyright notice is not required.

Subject to exceptions, it is a violation of copyright law to copy, distribute, display, exhibit or perform copyrighted works without authority of the owner of the copyright. (For information about copyright law and various exceptions, see this.)

Transmission electronically includes both copying and distributing. Such things as downloading music or displaying photographs without authority of the copyright owner may be a violation. Civil penalties can be substantial. Under the DMCA, Johns Hopkins is permitted to immediately take down any infringing site on the Johns Hopkins network and block access to any infringing sites on other networks, upon proper notice from the copyright owner or upon actual knowledge of infringement.

Learn more about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Learn more about copyright law in general.

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Last updated 22Oct08 by dgips@jhu.edu