Elms College will take appropriate measures to ensure that its students, faculty and staff are aware of copyright laws, regulations and agreements and can act responsibly as they use information that is owned by others in the course of teaching, learning, research or administration of the College. All members of the Elms College community are required to comply with copyright laws. Federal copyright laws provide valuable protection to the authors of original works, and Elms College expects all members of the community to respect those rights. Copyright laws also permit users of copyrighted works to make fair use of copyrighted materials under some limited circumstances. Elms College is committed to full support of the fair use of copyrighted works by the Elms College community under the provisions of applicable laws. The Elms College community are expected to have knowledge of, and make reasonable application of the “fair use” of a copyrighted work. Failure to comply with copyright laws and to act in good faith in the fair use of copyrighted material will result in a Elms College community member assuming liability for his or her actions and may result in disciplinary action.