An Administrator's Guide to California Private School Law Compendium

 In order to acquire a license to use a work, or an assignment of someone else’s copyright, enter into a written agreement that clearly identifies and establishes these rights. Consult with legal counsel to ensure the school’s rights are protected in those agreements.  Assign responsibility to an administrator, such as the Finance Director, to ensure compliance with the school’s copyright policies and procedures and to maintain documentation of rights in works, including licenses provided to others to use school’s works.  If the school learns of infringement of its copyrights on the Internet, send a notice to the online service provider under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) demanding removal of the infringing material. 3. Trade Secret Protection  Identify the school’s trade secrets (i.e. client lists, donor database, parent directories).  To maintain trade secret protection, ensure that the school takes reasonable efforts to ensure these trade secrets remain secret (i.e. client lists and parent directories should not distributed to the public or available to the public).  Include policies in either employment contracts and/or employee handbooks providing that employees must keep trade secret information confidential. The school should also consider having employees sign an acknowledgment that that they have read the policies and understand that they are to keep trade secret information confidential.  Include policies in student/parent handbook requiring that student/parent directory information be kept confidential

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