Reporting Alleged Copyright Infringement

The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ requires its faculty, staff, students and affiliates utilizing university infrastructure to comply with U.S. copyright laws. The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ reserves the right to remove or limit access to material posted on ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½-owned computers if it is alleged that U.S. copyright laws have been violated. If the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ determines that U.S. copyright laws have in fact been violated, the infringing material will be permanently removed.

Reporting Infringement

To report alleged copyright infringements on ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Web sites, please contact:

UB Information Security Office
201 Computing Center
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: 716-645-6997
Email: sec-office@buffalo.edu

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement. The DMCA requires that all claims of infringement be in writing and include:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or person designated to act on his/her behalf
  2. Identification of the allegedly infringed copyrighted work, including:
    • Identity of the copyright owner, if not the complainant
    • Contact information for the complainant or person designated to act on his/her behalf, including address, telephone number and, if available, email address
    • Citation of the copyrighted work (author/creator, title/description, copyright date)
    • Statement of copyright ownership
  3. Identification of the host Web site and sufficient information to locate it including:
    • URL (Web address).
    • Date, time, and time zone the Web site was observed
  4. The complainant must provide:
    • A statement that the complainant has a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner or the law
    • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complainant is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
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