1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite 350
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615)
366-4464
The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) take seriously all complaints regarding
copyright infringements. Copyright infringements are made when material is
copied without the permission of the person holding the copyright and stored on
a TBR server for the purpose of providing that information to others.
Copyright infringement does not occur merely by listing a URL to a server where
the copyrighted material resides. See 
TBR Policy and Procedures for Copyright
Infringement notices and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
For the TBR to be on notice of the presence of infringing material, the DMCA http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf states that notification must be provided to us with the following information.
- identification of what is being infringed
- where the infringements are located
- who is complaining
- how he or she may be contacted, including phone number, fax number and email address
- a statement of good faith belief that the material is infringing
- and a statement made under threat of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the complaint is authorized by the copyright holder
- A signature of the copyright holder or an authorized representative
Initial correspondence may be sent via email to DMCA@tbr.state.tn.us
A letter or fax containing this information and the
signature of the copyright holder must be sent to:
Tennessee Board of Regents
Attn: Information Systems/DMCA
Suite 358
1415 Murfreesboro Road
Nashville, TN 37217
(615)
366-4443
(615) 366-3979 (fax)
Upon receipt of this information TBR will contact the user who is infringing on the copyright and inform them that they must remove or block access to the infringing material.
The user may respond with a counter-notice which includes:
- a statement, that the user has a good faith belief that access to the material should not be removed or blocked due to a result of a mistake or misidentification
- listing the user's contact information
- and consenting to jurisdiction in federal court
TBR will give this counter-notice to the original complaining party, and allow access to the infringing material within 10-14 days unless we receive notice that a lawsuit has been filed over the material.
TBR users who repeatedly infringe upon copyrights will have their network access terminated and may face other sanctions or discipline as determined by TBR institutional policies, the TBR institutional Acceptable Use Policies, and/or the State of Tennessee Acceptable Use Policy http://www.state.tn.us/finance/oir/int-aup.html
DMCA Policy and Procedures.doc
