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  Graduate School–Newark 2010–2012 Academic Policies and Procedures Peer-to-Peer File Sharing  

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing


Unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, may subject students to civil and criminal liabilities. The penalties for violation of federal copyright laws may be found at
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ . Violations of copyright law also violate university policy and may subject students to disciplinary action as outlined in the university's Code of Student Conduct:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~polcomp/judaff/docs/UCSC.pdf.  

Rutgers policies on peer-to-peer file sharing and unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material using the institution's information technology system include:

Acceptable Use Policy for Computing and Information Technology Resources: http://oit.rutgers.edu/acceptable-use.html;

Digital Millennium Copyright Act: http://rusecure.rutgers.edu/content/digital-millennium-copyright-act-compliance;

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: http://rusecure.rutgers.edu/p2p;

Copyright Policy: http://policies.rutgers.edu/PDF/Section50/50.3.7-current.pdf.


 
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