Some faculty members are interested in having their publications on-line. I use parts of a video for a class that I regularly teach. I had a commercial television program taped last semester which I had planned to use in my class this semester. When I try to copy software from the Applications Server to use at home, some of the products don't work. Not only do licenses vary from vendor to vendor but also from release to release.
Infringement is encroachment on or violation of the rights of authors or publishers.
In other words, someone who copies from an author or publisher's work without permission to copy such a work is guilty of infringement. Check out the section on fair use elsewhere on these pages for detailed information on these guidelines. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act impacted public domain by extending the coverage of many works whose copyright was about to expire. Refer to the University of North Carolina's web page on When Works Pass Into the Public Domain to determine when a work's copyright expires. However, faculty, staff and students are still subject to the legal requirements of the U.S. Copyright Act.