Operating systems are copyrighted and licensed, as are most virus protection programs, and disk protection and recovery programs. That a copyright owner makes material available on the Internet does not mean that the material is available for reproduction by others or that it is in the public domain. Because the electronic market exposes works to a higher risk of piracy and other unauthorized use, exceptional care must be taken to follow the letter and the spirit of the law. Copyrighted materials found on the Internet must not be mirrored, re-sited, displayed or otherwise electronically republished from a district computer without permission. When permission has been granted for such use, the copyright information must be published as well.
Students can easily download and install copyrighted programs on school computers.
This practice is forbidden, and efforts to control such installations should be documented.