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Copyright
Violations and Prosecution—Information for Miami
University
Miami University is committed to complying
with copyright laws. There is a broad spectrum of
laws regarding copyrighted music, motion pictures,
print and electronic materials. Students should realize
that significant personal expense might be incurred
by those who are violating copyright law if they are
subpoenaed and have to hire an attorney.
Reid Christenberry, Vice President for Information
Technology
A big story through media all over the country has
been concerned with the imminent prosecution of copyright
violations. The Miami Student of September 9 featured
an article by Lindsay Whitehurst entitled “Miami
warns file-sharers.” It summarized the current
situation quite well:
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 Microsoft
Software Contract Extension
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Miami University and fourteen other
Ohio colleges in the IUC (Inter-University Council)
signed an extension to our current Microsoft software
contract extending our current agreement through
June 30, 2004. The contract extension agreement
includes all of our current desktop licenses for
Office, Publisher, OS upgrades, FrontPage and Visual
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IT Services Support Center Asks
"How are we doing?"
Each spring, the Support Center distributes
a survey with questions related to awareness, use, and
satisfaction with Support Center services to a random
sample of faculty, staff and students. The survey specifically
addresses the main “front door” Support
Center services: the Support Desk, the Knowledge Base,
and the Training Modules.
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Update on Computer-Based Training
 October
will see new computer-based training courses for Miami
University. The SmartForce interface will be replaced
by a new one called SkillPort. You will see many of
the same courses, as the new company is actually an
integration of two companies—SmartForce and SkillSoft.
you will also see several improvements worth waiting
for.
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Orientation for New
Staff and Faculty (WOW)
WOW means so much more than Workplace
Orientation Welcome
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Another Resource
for New Employees
A Web resource, designed to acclimate
new employees to university-specific software, launched
on August 1st. To reduce the anxiety often associated
with being a new employee, this site promotes self-directed
learning by providing employees with the resources to
manage their own learning such as the Miami Knowledge
Base, the IT Services Support Desk, and the IT Services
Training pages.
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 New
Wireless Telephone Plan for Miami Faculty, Staff and
Students
The Office of Telecommunications and the Network Services
Enterprise are offering a wireless telephone plan to
Miami University faculty/staff and students for their
personal use through Cincinnati Bell. The plan offers
service for a $15 monthly fee with a one time activation
fee of $25, which includes a standard wireless phone.
Additional phone models are available for purchase.
The service is offered on a monthly basis (no contract
is required) and charges will be billed through payroll
deduction for faculty/staff or the Bursar Office for
students.
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Student Computing at Miami University
For
the past two years IT Services has asked approximately
10,000 students (both on and off campus) to tell us
how they use computers at Miami. Our goal has been to
assess trends and support the students’ needs.
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Top
Picks from the 
Want to know what the hot technology
questions/topics have been since school started? Knowledge
Base traffic provides a great clue.
Following is a list of the most frequently
viewed Knowledge Base cases in order of number of hits
so far this academic year.
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No Longer Repairing HP Pavilion
and Compaq Presario Systems |
As of August 1, 2003, Commercial Authorized Service
Providers, i.e. Sarcom and similar service providers,
will no longer be authorized to repair HP Pavilion and
Compaq Presarion systems. These systems are consumer
products and will need to be covered by the manufacturer
warranty and will need to be repaired by Consumer Authorized
providers such as Comp USA and Best Buy.
 New
Pay-for-Print and Copier Contract
As of August 1, 2003, the Oxford and
Hamilton campuses have been participating under a new
contract for public copying and library/computer lab
printing. IKON, Inc., was chosen as the vendor for this
service.
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Research
Examples of new Gartner research articles are available
from Miami's web site to all Miami students, faculty,
and staff, and are listed below. You will be prompted
to login using your UniqueID and MUnet password.
Gartner research will be of particular interest to
any student, faculty, or staff member learning, teaching
or using technology. Areas of focus for Gartner research
include E-Learning, Business Management of IT, Security
and Privacy, Higher Education, and Emerging Trends and
Technology. The web site is updated every Friday with
new research articles.
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