Intellectual Property:

University and Blackboard-specific policies are relevant to Blackboard users because they speak to:

• Possible abuse of the system that could affect privacy and access.
• Rights of the authors of materials placed on Blackboard.
• Retention and safeguarding of information placed on the system.

Materials Placed on Blackboard:

• All materials placed on the Blackboard servers by faculty and students are governed by the general intellectual property policy of Carnegie Mellon.
• The Blackboard system is intended solely for support for teaching and learning at Carnegie Mellon.
• No use will be made of any materials posted by faculty and students on these servers other than those intended by the faculty member teaching the course.
• The faculty member teaching the course is responsible for informing students about the use he or she will make of materials that students post on the system.
  

University Intellectual Property Policy:

http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/IntellProp.html