Campus Policy Resources

1. Creating Campus IT Policies (and Campus Policies in General)
2. Intellectual Property Issues (including DMCA and Trademark)
3. Privacy, including FERPA
4. Academic Integrity and Computer-Assisted Cheating
5. The USA/PATRIOT Act
6. Spam: Laws and Policies
7. Computer and Network Security
8. UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act)
9. Free Speech and the First Amendment
10. Domain-Name Issues
11. Identification and Authentication
12. Third-party Liability
13. Forensics; Due Process; Investigating Cybercrime

Creating Campus IT Policies (and Campus Policies in General)

• EDUCAUSE Campus Policies Library Resource Site
  This continually growing resource site includes links to publications, presentations, sample campus policies, podcasts, and blogs all on the topic of campus policies. Resources include descriptions and allow for keyword searching.
• Ten Principles of Civility in Cyberspace
  by Marjorie Hodges and Gary Pavela. Handout from presentation by Marjorie Hodges Shaw at the 22nd Annual Law & Higher Education Conference (February 18-20, 2001)
• Legal Underpinnings for Creating Campus Computer Policy
  by Marjorie W. Hodges and Steven L. Worona, (CAUSE/EFFECT 19.4 [Winter 1996]: 5-9)
• Association of College and University Policy Administrators (ACUPA)

Intellectual Property Issues (including DMCA and Trademark)

General Copyright Resources

• United States Copyright Office
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Indiana University Copyright Resource Guide
• University of Maryland’s “Copyown” Resource on Copyright Ownership
• University of Texas: Copyright Crash Course
• When Works Pass into the Public Domain
  This chart (provided by Lolly Gasaway, University of North Carolina) provides an overview for copyright terms for works, outlining the different terms based on when the work was dated and what requirements there might be about eligibility for protection (e.g., if a notice about the item was made, etc.).
• 10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained
  This page by Brad Templeton explains away ten common copyright myths, including issues around copyright notices, fair use, protecting your copyright, and more.

Distance Learning & IP

• A Primer on Distance Learning and Intellectual Property Issues
  by Kenneth D. Salomon, Esq. (Dow, Lohnes & Albertson - Washington, D.C)

DMCA Resources

• Alphabet Soup: A P2P, DMCA, and HEOA FAQ
  Watch the archive of the May 18, 2011 EDUCAUSE Live! webinar featuring Joseph Storch of SUNY, Heidi Wachs of Georgetown, and Kent Wada of UCLA. Presenters decipher this “alphabet soup,” translating the legalese requirements into accessible English while answering frequently asked questions and offering best practices for compliance.
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998
• DMCA FAQ
  From ICPL, this FAQ provides support and guidance to DMCA Designated Agents at Higher Education Institutions.
• EDUCAUSE's DMCA Resource Page
  This page points to numerous resources on DMCA, including publications, presentations, policies, podcasts, and blog entries.
   

Legal Resources

• The Georgia State Copyright Case: Resources
  This page includes links to overview and analysis of the Georgia State copyright case.
• "Chilling Effects" Clearinghouse: Monitoring the legal climate for Internet Activity
• Cornell Legal Institute (Copyright, Patent, Trademark)
• Perkins Coie Internet Case Digest (Copyright, Patent, Trademark)

Privacy, including FERPA

• Center for Democracy and Technology (Data Privacy and Government Surveillance)
• American Civil Liberties Union "Cyber-Liberties" Project
• Privacy.net: Analyze Your Internet Privacy
• Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy.org
• The Privacy Foundation
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• United States Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office (the "FERPA Office")
• United States Social Security Administration "Number and Card" Page
• Mitrano: Privacy Policies at a Private University
• Rezmierski et al: Privacy and the Handling of Student Information in Electronic Environments
• Commercial Encryption Export Controls: U.S. Encryption Export Control Policy Frequently Asked Questions (June 6, 2002)
  (United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security)
• United States Federal Trade Commission: Privacy Initiatives

Academic Integrity and Computer-Assisted Cheating

• Case Western University’s Online Ethics Center
• Ohio University’s Ultimate Guide to Engineering Ethics
• Plagiarism.org and Turnitin.com
• The Open Directory Project’s listing for Plagiarism

The USA/PATRIOT Act

• United States Department of Justice: Field Guidance on New Authorities That Relate to Computer Crime and Electronic Evidence Enacted in the USA Patriot Act of 2001
• Association of American Universities (AAU): The Search and Seizure of Electronic Information Before and After the USA/PATRIOT Act
• Mary Minow's Chart of "Library Records Post-Patriot Act"

Spam: Laws and Policies

• Indiana University Knowledgebase Entry on Spam
• United States Postal Inspection Service: Chain Letters
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE)
• David Sorkin’s list of anti-spam legislation

Computer and Network Security

• A National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (Department of Homeland Security, February 2003)
• CERT: The Computer Emergency Response Team
• FIRST: The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
• EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Task Force on Computer and Network Security
• Indiana University Security Howto Guide
• Indiana University Selected Security Links
• Project R.U.N.S.A.F.E. at James Madison University
• The SANS Institute

UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act)

• American Library Association: Concerns for Libraries and the Public
• UCITA Fact Sheet
  Statement developed for the Medical Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, and the Special Libraries Association (July 1999).
• AFFECT: Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions
  AFFECT "is a broad-based national coalition of consumers, retail and manufacturing businesses, financial services institutions, technology professionals and librarians opposed to the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA)."
• UCITA Online
• Computer Information Transactions Act Summary
  UCITA overview from the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

Free Speech and the First Amendment

• American Civil Liberties Union "Cyber-Liberties" Project
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Center for Democracy and Technology (Speech)
• The First Amendment in Cyberspace
  by Marjorie W. Hodges and Steven L. Worona (CAUSE/EFFECT 20.3n [fall 1997]: 4-8)

Domain-Name Issues

• ICANN and IANA
• United States Department of Commerce: Management of Internet Names and Addresses
• Worona: Protecting Your Good Name in Cyberspace
• Domain Name Dispute Resolution (World Intellectual Property Organization [WIPO])

Identification and Authentication

• Internet2 Core Middleware for Authentication

Third-party Liability

• Nolo: When is an ISP Liable?
• The Law of Cyberspace: Liability of Information Service Providers
  by Steven J. Davidson, Jerry S. Podkopacz and Laurie J. Dechery (Practising Law Institute's Fifth Annual Institute for Intellectual Property  574 [1999]: 143-168)
• Liability of Internet Service Providers for Defamation in the US and Britain: Same Competing Interests, Different Responses
  by Michael Deturbide (The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT) 3 [2000]).

Forensics; Due Process; Investigating Cybercrime

• Internet Lookup Tools
  • DNSstuff
  • Demon Knowledgebase: Tools
• United States Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
• United States Department of Justice: Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations