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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 9.33 as follows: |
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| (110 ILCS 205/9.33 new) |
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| Sec. 9.33. Student residential computer networks. |
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| (a) The Board shall require public institutions of higher |
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| education that have student residential computer networks to do |
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| the following: |
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| (1) adopt and reasonably implement a policy defining |
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| computer and network usage and ethics that applies to |
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| students, staff, and faculty; that clearly describes and |
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| prohibits the infringement of copyrighted works over the |
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| institution's computer and network resources, including |
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| over the institution's local area and internal networks; |
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| that details the penalties for infringement provided under |
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| both State and federal law; and that is visibly posted in |
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| the institution's computer labs and when users sign on to |
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| the network; and |
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| (2) subject to subsection (b) of this Section, if the |
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| institution receives 10 or more legally valid notices of |
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| infringement within the preceding year, undertake |
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| reasonable efforts to install and implement a |
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| technology-based deterrent system to attempt to prevent |
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| the infringement of copyrighted works over the |
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| institution's computer and network resources. |
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| (b) Nothing in this Section is intended to prohibit the |
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| noninfringing use of copyrighted material by students, staff, |
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| and faculty, to restrict an institution's use of copyrighted |
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| material under the provisions of Section 107 of Title 17 of the |
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| United States Code, or to waive the protections available to |
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| Internet service providers under Section 512 of Title 17 of the |
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| United States Code. |
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| A student or faculty member may request, and the |
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| institution may grant in writing, permission to use a |
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| particular software application or file that has been |
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| prohibited on the institution's computer and network resources |
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| under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this Section if the |
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| institution determines that such use is for academic, research, |
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| or other purposes consistent with Section 107 of Title 17 of |
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| the United States Code. |
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| (c) Each institution to which subsection (a) of this |
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| Section applies shall, by January 15 of each year, report to |
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| the Board either (i) that the institution has not received 10 |
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| or more legally valid notices of infringement within the |
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| preceding year from owners of infringed works or their |
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| authorized agents or (ii) a detailed description of the |
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| reasonable efforts the institution has taken to install and |