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Information technology is an essential element of academic life, enabling study, research and personal communication. As a means to excellence in achieving its education, research and service missions, the University provides and supports computing and electronic communication services for all its students, faculty and staff. I invite you to become acquainted with the variety and depth of information technology resources available. Dale B. Hulvey Assistant Vice President Email - hulveydb@jmu.edu (540) 568-7063

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• Media, Copyright and You!

Many individuals see the Internet as a source of free music and videos.  However, downloading copyrighted media is not a harmless act but that can have severe personal consequences.  Don't make this mistake! When illegal downloading or file sharing takes place, not only are the artists not receiving their just dues, the excessive use of network bandwidth and time spent responding to violation notices are an unnecessary cost to the university. If you/your computer are involved in illegal downloading, there is potential risk to any other information you have stored, your network privileges can be suspended for inappropriate use, and you can be prosecuted under university policy or criminally for your infringement of copyright. The best approach is to avoid peer-to-peer software such as Gnutella, BitTorrent and LimeWire. Instead, use one of the many legal download sources for acquiring your music and movies, and, if file sharing software is installed, make sure it is configured so that sharing of local files is disabled. If you have questions about handling copyrighted media, where to find legal sources or configuring your machine see: http://www.jmu.edu/computing/fileshare.shtml.

•  Faculty, staff, and students are very satisfied with technology at JMU.

• Technology Satisfaction Survey 2011
  • Faculty/Staff Responses (.pdf)
  • Student Responses (.pdf)
• JMU Strategic Plan for Information Technology - 2012-2013

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If you suspect an abuse of JMU's information technology policies and standards, or electronic abuse, please e-mail IT Security at abuse@jmu.edu.

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If you need assistance with a computer problem, please call the
IT Computing HelpDesk at (540)568-3555 or send e-mail to helpdesk@jmu.edu.  

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