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IT
Policies
Statement on Obscene Material
Although
there may be difficulty determining what is or is not
obscene, students, faculty and staff should know that
AUS IT Committee defines "obscene" as that
which:
"Considered
as a whole, has as its dominant theme or purpose . .
. a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sexual conduct,
sexual excitement, excretory functions or products thereof
or sadomasochistic abuse, and which goes substantially
beyond customary limits of candor in description or
representation of such matters and which, taken as a
whole, does not have serious literary, artistic, political,
or scientific value."
The
distribution, production, publication or sale of obscene
items is illegal in UAE.
Further,
a student, faculty or staff member distributing obscene
material could be subject to criminal prosecution.
In
addition, placing obscene material on a University server
violates University policies, including but not limited
to the computer usage policy, the employee standards
of conduct, and the student standards of conduct. Such
violations could result in disciplinary penalties.
Software Copyright
Policy
Copyright
laws protect most software available for use on computers
at the American University of Sharjah. Educational institutions
are not exempt from the laws covering copyrights. In
addition, software is normally protected by a license
agreement between the purchaser and the software seller.
The software provided through the University for use
by faculty, staff, and students may be used only on
computing equipment as specified in the various software
licenses.
It
is the policy of the University to respect the copyright
protections given to software owners by law. It is against
University policy for faculty, staff, or students to
copy or reproduce any licensed software on University
computing equipment, except as expressly permitted by
the software license. Also, faculty, staff, and students
may not use unauthorized copies of software on University-owned
computers or on personal computers housed in University
facilities.
Unauthorized
use of software is regarded as a serious matter and
any such use is without the consent of the American
University of Sharjah and subject to disciplinary action.
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