Digital Millennium Copyright Act at UC Santa Cruz<

Statement

UC Santa Cruz complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on any site on the UCSC network, please contact the agent designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement.

Designated Agent

The designated agent for the UC Santa Cruz campus to receive notification of claimed infringement under Title II of the DMCA is:

Janine A. Roeth
Director, IT Services
abuse [AT] ucsc.edu, jar [AT] ucsc. edu
+1 831.459.2435 tel
+1 831.459.3595 fax

Information Technology Services
31 Communications Building, UCSC
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Claims

The DMCA specifies that all infringement claims must be in writing (either electronic mail or paper letter) and must include the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright holder or a person authorized to act on his or her behalf;
• A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
• A description of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address;
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Resources

• Digital Copyright Protection at the University of California
• DMCA Designated Agent Form
for UC Santa Cruz
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act Summary from the US Copyright Office (PDF document)
• Sr. Vice President Kennedy's letter to Chancellors, dated December 1, 1999
• UC Guidelines for Compliance with the Online Service Provider Provisions of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, dated December 1, 1999;
• UC Policy and Guidelines on the Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials for Teaching and Research