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All content on this website, including graphics, photography, video and written text are under Copyright by the University of Kansas and may not be used or reproduced in any way without prior permission. Images viewable on the School's website may not be borrowed for any use at any time without specific formal approval by the Dean's Office.

The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) requires its faculty, staff, and students to comply with the United States Copyright Act. Faculty, students and staff shall download, possess, or store only lawfully acquired copyrighted materials and use, adapt, distribute, or perform them only in ways consistent with the Copyright act, associated case law, the Fair Use principle, and the intellectual property rights of others.

The purpose of this policy is to assure that the intellectual property rights of the creators of original works are protected and to protect the University, its employees, and its students from sanctions and penalties occasioned by copyright violations. This includes all created content covered by the Copyright Act irrespective of format (print, electronic, other), including (but not limited to) books, articles, drama, verse, movies, videos, audio, games, and all other covered content.

Fair Use: the use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research or parody. The circumstances under which “fair use” may be asserted for teaching, scholarship, or research are limited.

The Dykes Library provides assistance to KUMC faculty and staff in understanding, interpreting, and complying with the copyright law. See The University of Kansas Medical Center Copyright Compliance web site for additional information. Please review the KU Medical Center copyright policy.

For questions regarding Copyright of material on the KU School of Allied Health website, contact:

Webmaster
KU School of Allied Health
SAHwebmaster@kumc.edu