STUDENT HANDBOOK - ITT Technical Institute

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS PROHIBITEDCopyright laws protect original works of authorship. The owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to theoriginal work, including the right to copy the work, distribute the work, display or perform the work publicly,and create derivative works. A copyright interest attaches to an original work that is “fixed in any tangiblemedium of expression,” including traditional works like books, photographs, architectural drawings, music,drama and sculpture, as well as works affected by new technologies, like movies, electronic media, webpages, software, multimedia works and databases. The use of file-sharing networks to download and sharecopyrighted works without permission from the copyright owner – like software, music, movies, TV shows,games and images – violates copyright laws. Both the person who makes an illegal copy of a copyrightedwork available and the person who receives or downloads an illegal copy have violated the copyright laws. Inmost instances, a student must obtain permission from the copyright owner in order to copy, distribute,display or perform a copyrighted work in any medium for any purpose.Any copyright infringement, including, without limitation, distribution of copyrighted material throughunauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, in connection with a student’s enrollment in a program of study at theschool or conducted by a student through the use of any of the school’s equipment or information systems isprohibited and violates both the Conduct section of the School Catalog and the law. Any student whoengages in copyright infringement will be subject to discipline by the school, which may include, withoutlimitation, the suspension or termination from one or more courses the student is taking or the student’s entireprogram of study at the school and the referral to the proper authorities. Copyright infringement may alsosubject the student to civil and criminal liabilities. A summary of the penalties for violating federal copyrightlaws include: unlimited actual damages proven for each act of copyright infringement; up to $30,000 for each act of copyright infringement that is determined not to be willful; up to $150,000 for each act of copyright infringement that is determined to be willful; and criminal penalties.CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCEA student may request credit for courses in the student’s program of study at the school based on the student’sprevious postsecondary education or experience, by submitting a written request to the Registrar.1. Previous Postsecondary EducationFollowing the Registrar’s receipt of the student’s written request, the school may grant the studentcredit for course(s) in the student’s program of study based on the student’s previous postsecondaryeducation at a different institution, if the student satisfies all of the following requirements:20