How to Remove Materials Uploaded to Colleges

Contents

• 1 Getting third party websites to remove your class materials
  • 1.1 Sites where course materials are often shared
  • 1.2 HOW TO REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF INFRINGING MATERIAL
  • 1.3 Consequences Of Filing A Imitation DMCA Takedown Request
  • 1.iv Sample DMCA Takedown Notice

Getting tertiary party websites to remove your course materials

PSU Faculty often contact the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright and/or the General Counsel's Office for assistance in getting form materials removed from online sites. Of notation:

1. PSU cannot make the request on your behalf, if yous own the material: Unless the course is for World Campus, created pursuant to a written agreement betwixt the faculty/staff member or the unit, or if the piece of work is considered University-directed past the standing policy of the unit, the faculty member owns the copyright in instructional IP. (See IP01 and IP03 for further clarification)
2. Students have the right to have and share not-infringing notes: Farther, "A registered pupil lawfully may take original hand written or typed notes during an oral lecture presentation and may sell those notes in the free market place. The notes may exist discipline to copyright protection, provided the notes represent an original piece of work of authorship, but any such copyright would not impact in whatever mode on the faculty member'south ownership of the field of study matter presented orally, nor the hard re-create materials presented and/or distributed during the lecture." (AD40)

You may want to bank check with your chair to confirm that it'due south the policy of your unit that you own the rights in a detail gear up of instructional materials or courseware before taking activity.

Many faculty members permit the sharing of their instructional materials as OER, but wish to prohibit the sharing of assessment materials, including rubrics, quizzes, tests, etc. Faculty members may want to remind students that they do non have permission to mail service prohibited materials on grade-sharing or other websites.

Sites where class materials are frequently shared

Class Hero http://world wide web.coursehero.com/
Fratfolder http://fratfolder.com/
Stone My Midterm http://rockmymt.com/
ScribD http://www.scribd.com/
Notehall http://www.notehall.com/
Koofers http://www.koofers.com/
CampusBuddy http://world wide web.campusbuddy.com/

HOW TO Asking THE REMOVAL OF INFRINGING Cloth

To have materials removed from a spider web site nether the Digital Millennium Copyright Deed (DMCA), the copyright possessor or agent must write to the infringing site'due south DMCA amanuensis and/or Internet Service Provider (ISP) and file a valid takedown request. The notice must include the information specified in 17 U.s.a.C. 512(c).

Consequences Of Filing A False DMCA Takedown Request

Practise call up that DMCA notices should non be sent for content to which you do not own the copyright, including non-infringing student notes.

• Criminal sanctions may apply to senders of false DMCA takedown requests because the requests are sent under the penalty of perjury.
• Budgetary sanctions may apply to senders of DMCA takedown requests where no copyright infringement is found, including where a fair employ of material has been made.

Sample DMCA Takedown Find

Here's a sample [Also downloadable as a Word Document]

[Insert Date]

[Insert name, address, and email of DMCA Agent for Infringing Entity]

Equally of August 2017, the DMCA Amanuensis for Course Hero is:

Terry Park

Grade Hero, Inc.

1400B Seaport Blvd.

Second Flooring

Redwood City,  CA  94063

Phone: 888-634-9397

Email: dmca@coursehero.com

RE:  NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Dear [Insert Proper noun of Registered Agent (i.eastward., Mr. Park)]:

It has recently come to my attending that [Company Name and URL (i.e., Grade Hero (world wide web.coursehero.com)], in violation of U.S. copyright laws, reproduces, displays, distributes, and hosts my copyrighted works without my authorization.  This advice serves as official notice of copyright infringement pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA) 17 U.S.C. § 512(c).  I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable belief that my rights, as the exclusive rights holder, are being infringed.

I am the owner and exclusive rights holder of the following copyrighted material(southward) that is(are) posted without dominance on your website.

Option 1:   When 1 URL covers multiple copyrighted works, you may provide that single URL and identify representative documents.  Use the following sentence:

"Given that there are multiple infringements of my copyrighted works at a single URL on your site, I am required to provide only a representative list of the infringed works (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (ii), (three)):   [Insert URL and then a list of the titles of representative documents]"

To avoid a back-and-forth with the copyright infringer, nosotros propose list ALL documents, if possible.

Option two:   If the copyrighted material are at separate URLs, y'all need to provide the URL for each individual document that is infringed.  Use this sentence: "The infringed works are located at the following URLs (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (two), (iii)):  [Insert URL and listing of the infringed titles; Insert URL and listing of infringed titles description; repeat until all URLs and titles are provided.]"

I confirm that the information in this notification is both truthful and authentic, and under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner of the copyrighted material identified above.

Delight be advised that upon receipt of this notice, y'all, as the designated agent of [Insert Company Proper name (i.e., Course Hero, Inc.], must respond expeditiously to remove or disable access to the materials identified to a higher place equally being the subject of infringement. Delight provide me, within seven (seven) days of this notification, written assurance that [Insert Company Name (i.e., Course Hero, Inc.] volition comply with my asking.  Should you wish to discuss this matter with me, please contact me directly at the following accost/email.

[Your Proper noun]

The Pennsylvania State Academy

[Your Office Mailing Address]

University Park, PA 16802

Telephone:

Email:

I look forward to your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely

[Insert electronic signature]( i.e., /Proper noun/")

[Insert proper noun]

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Source: https://copyright.psu.edu/2017/08/requesting-removal-of-infringing-material/

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