It is the policy of Austin Community College to recognize and respect intellectual property ownnership, including copyrights. Copyright infringement violates the reasonable expectations of the copyright owner to have exclusive control over those materials they own, and it is illegal.
Copyrights are property rights, and are protected by federal stuatute.
Copying or reproduction of materials without permission of the copyright owner, or distribution or re-publcation of those materials without permission, is copyright infringement. This includes the making and dissemination of copies by or on electronic media, as well as the more familiar method of copy machines reproduction. In particular, the posting of materials on the Internet, or the transmission of documents by electronic mail, is an infringing use of materials when it is done without permission. Austin Community College expects its students to respect the rights of the College and of their professors and other instructors or staff who use or permit the use of copyrighted materials for instruction. Of course, textbooks and other commercial publications used as text or supplemental materials are copyrighted, usually by the publisher.