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Copyright and abuse reports
When a complaint of copyright infringement or abuse contrary to MIT policies is registered, the questionable content must be frozen - it should not be viewable by the public, and rights to overwrite or delete the content should be removed from the owner, in case the content is evidence in potential legal proceedings.
Once frozen, the issue enters arbitration, in an attempt to find the true status of the item in question. This will likely require several rounds of communication with both the item owner and the filer of the complaint. MIT Stopit (http://web.mit.edu/stopit/
) is also likely to be involved, as misuse of MIT computer systems is their purview.
If an item turns out to not be in violation, rights will be returned to the owner, and the item returned to its original state. If it turns out to be in violation such that removal is required, it shall be deleted from the Thalia system. If it turns out to be the subject of egal legal proceedings, Stopit and the Office of General Counsel should be consulted to determine how to proceed with documenting the issue for the particular case in question.
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