The Art & Science Of HEOA Compliance
Building Better Digital Citizens
If you are one of the more than 6000 colleges or universities that receive Federal funding, the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) applies to you.
Passed by Congress on August 14, 2008, one of the policies of the Act requires that colleges and universities reduce student use of campus networks to illegally upload and download copyrighted materials using peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. (www.ed.gov/HEOA).
Effective, Measurable and Affordable Compliance
According to the HEOA, effective technology solutions must:
- Reduce unauthorized P2P traffic on your network.
- Include an education component that communicates the proper use of the Internet in respect to the rights of copyright and other intellectual property owners.
- Notify students of your institution's judicial procedures regarding unauthorized downloads of copyrighted material.
- Provide a periodic review with measurable criteria that shows the effectiveness of the solution.
Just What Exactly Must Be Done?
All Federally funded institutions of higher learning must:
- Annually inform students that illegal distribution of copyrighted materials may subject them to institutional, civil and criminal penalties.
- Certify to the Secretary of Education that they have developed and implemented plans to "effectively combat" the use of their networks for illegal uploads and downloads of copyrighted material.
- Encourage the use of legal alternatives.
- Implement the use of technology-based deterrents that detect and prevent the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted works over P2P networks.
Only Audible Magic's CopySense appliance and CopySense compliance service enable you to fulfill each of these criteria making HEOA compliance easy, effective and affordable.
Additional Resources
Need more information? Here are additional resources to help as you develop your college or university implementation plan.
- Webinar: Planning and Implementing an Effective HEOA P2P Compliance Solution
[Completed 9-Jun-2010]- Webinar Video capture [57Mb]
- Webinar Slideset
- Sample network use policies: Central Washington University
- Webinar Video capture [57Mb]
- Webinar: Complying with the HEOA - Combating Illegal P2P File Sharing on Campus
[Completed 11-Feb-2010]- Webinar Video capture [48Mb]
- Webinar Slideset
- Sample network use policies: University of Florida
- Webinar Video capture [48Mb]
- Audible Magic Blog - sharing information about HEOA compliance
- Educause: Legal Alternatives for Downloading
- U.S. Department of Education: Higher Education Opportunity Act 2008 Implementation
- Federal Register: Final HEOA Regulations (October 29, 2009)
- Federal Register: Proposed HEOA Regulations (August 21, 2009)
- Educause: Letter to CIOs (August 11, 2008)
- Higher Education Opportunity Act 2008 (Text)