Illegal Storing or Sharing Activities of Copyrighted Materials –
Your Personal Liability
The entire CityU community is reminded of the University's commitment
to the protection of intellectual property and copyrighted material.
When it comes to illegal storing or sharing of digital materials
- whether music, video, text, or picture - the University imposes
its own penalties (disciplinary action, loss of network connectivity)
on anyone who is found to be using CityU facilities or campus network
for such purposes.
Moreover, organisations hired by the copyright owners are aggressively
searching for copyright violators on the Internet and will take
independent legal action against such violators. Peer-to-peer file
sharing activity using the campus network is easily subject to their
scrutiny as long as they remain as one of the participants. Many
past legal actions by these organisations have resulted in successful
imposition of substantial monetary penalties on the violators.
Please be aware that the target of these actions is not only the
individuals engaged in the violations but also the University if
it has not shown its diligence in curbing these violations being
carried out on its computers or network. As an Internet service
provider, the University has no way to prevent but to be obliged
without delay to cooperate fully with any law enforcement agency
requesting the names of individuals who use computers to share copyrighted
materials illegally.
As such, users who use their accounts on the University facilities
for such activity inevitably expose both themselves and potentially
the University to legal action. Therefore, to protect yourself and
the University, make sure you will not engage in illegal storing
or sharing of copyrighted materials.
Please Tell Us If You No Longer Need
a Booked CSC Teaching Studio
The teaching studios in the Computing Services Centre (CSC) have
always been under great demands. For better uses of University resources
and for benefits of those staff and students who may still wait
for these rooms, as soon as you know that you no longer need the
booked CSC teaching studio, please kindly cancel your booking through
the CSC Teaching Studio Booking System or through our staff at the
Service Counter in the CSC Terminal Areas at least one day in advance.
If you have any enquiries, please contact the CSC Service Counter.
Please Consult Your Supervisor before
Delivering Sensitive Information
In order to ensure the consistency in delivery of sensitive information
and to avoid misunderstanding or embarrassment, colleagues are reminded
to consult your supervisor before sending any information or forwarding
any email from others in part or in whole to users that may be sensitive
in nature. If you are not sure whether the information requested
is sensitive, it is always prudent to check it with your supervisor
before action.