Copyright

• Faculty own the copyright of original content entered into Confluence or the Cornell Blog Service according to Cornell University Copyright Policy, unless other contracts or agreements have been arranged specifically between the faculty member and the university (for example, under a Faculty Innovation in Teaching Project).
• Students own the copyright of content they contribute to these sites unless they are writing in their capacity as a Cornell employee or holder of a university appointment.

Family Education Rights Protection Act (FERPA)

Content students enter into Cornell Blogs constitutes an education record.

• FERPA regulations apply.
• FERPA requires that the content be protected from disclosure without student consent.
• Disclosure, in this context, includes posting student content openly on the Internet.
• University authentication (Two-Step Login) is applied to Cornell Blog sites by default and provides technical protection of education records.
• Faculty who intend to have students post original work openly on the Internet (for example, language classes where students' posts invite Internet user participation) may do so with the students' permission or by providing an opt out option for individual students.

Codes of Conduct and Academic Integrity

Faculty and students are advised to use blogs responsibly by observing all laws and university policy that are incorporated into the Codes of Conduct and Academic Integrity. Some specific aspects of law and policy that might be well to remember are prohibitions against copyright infringement, plagiarism, harassment, or interference with the underlying technical code of software.