- Website owners must be
Hunter students with valid e-mail logins.
The use of this server
requires you to be responsible in several areas:
- The Hunter College
logo or Masthead may NOT be used on individual web pages. Use
of the logo or masthead or the Hunter College name in the title of
a page would be a misrepresentation of an endorsement by the college
of the page's contents. Such a misrepresentation would necessitate
removal of the page from the server.
- Passwords - Only one
password is given per account - When you are given a password
you are expected to keep that password private and not divulge it
to anyone else. Only one person will be allowed to upload files (pages).
All activities undertaken with your password will be your responsibility.
If more than one person is found to be using your password, your pages
will be removed from the server by Information, Computing and Instructional
Technology (ICIT). See CUNY Acceptable Use Policy
- You will be responsible
for all materials on your web pages. If these pages contain material
or are used for purposes that are prohibited by civil or criminal
law or college or university regulations, the owner of the page will
be subject to all applicable penalties.
Areas to be careful of
are:
1) Defamation of Character
Libel - A false,
written, printed or pictorial statement that maliciously damages a
person's reputation;
Slander - A false and malicious oral statement injurious to
a person's reputation;
2) Privacy - use of personal images or writings - Permission
needs to be requested for authorization from the appropriate source
to use personal works or images for publication;
3) Copyrighted materials - You must ask permission of the
copyright holder to use their material. Linking to copyrighted materials
on the web is a lot easier than copying. There are several sites
you might want to check regarding this topic:
4) Plagiarism
- Use of someone else's work, in your own work, without giving credit
to the your source. If used in scholarly work, it is a very serious
offense. You will be subject to disciplinary action and academic
sanctions placed on you, including failing courses, suspension from
the college and the possibility of the offense following you after
you graduate. If not used in scholarly work, serious legal problems
may follow. Linking is better!
You should also keep in
mind that your website is on an interstate and international communications
device, which makes breaking of any of the laws above an interstate
matter and therefore under Federal jurisdiction as well as the laws
of other countries.
As publishers, it is important
that you know your rights and responsibilities. Check the rules and
policies in the ICIT Guide, the Hunter catalog and CUNY, as well as
legal sites on the web for more information. As stated above, Hunter
assumes no responsibility for the pages you create - if there are
complaints, we will refer them to you.
Finally, this website
should not be used for any profit making ventures. Simply put, you
should not be advertising, promoting, or selling anything on your
site that is for the purpose of making money for you or your organization.
We hope these pages will
exhibit your creative and intellectual talents, as well as being informative
and stimulating.
If you have questions about
these policies, you may contact:
Howard Tarragon
Webmaster,
Student Services
(772-4312)
howard.tarragon@hunter.cuny.edu
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