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Copyright
As members of a university community, we all have a responsibility to
uphold the laws and traditions of copyright and proper attribution. That
responsibility has become more difficult with the proliferation of electronic,
digital media, especially the Internet. Nevertheless, we can take appropriate
steps to respect and acknowledge the work of others, whether we use work
that they have published in a book, on CD-ROM, or on the World Wide Web.
(See World Wide Web Style section for new information
about electronic rights.)
The copyright prime directive: When in doubt, ask permission and give
credit where credit is due.
Although heated discussion rages about the extent to which existing
copyright law protects works on the Internet, where the legal issues may
be gray, the ethical issues are, in this case, clearer. The ability to
download or print a work that exists on the Internet does not grant permission
to the user to duplicate or distribute such work. If you are posting material
on the Internet, you can help protect that work by providing copyright
information.
CU Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2002 The Regents of the University of Colorado
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