Last updated on Wednesday, 7 September 2011
In the course of administering an account on the main campus web server (www.case.edu), maintainers are expected to act in accordance with the Acceptable Use of Computing and Information Technology Resources policy and all applicable laws, including but not limited to copyright and trademark laws. Maintainers who fail to do so may be subject to disciplinary action by the University as well as civil and criminal liability.
In particular, the use of the main campus web server to store illegal copies of copyrighted material including, but not limited to, commercial software and installers for the same, audio, video, image, and text files, is strictly forbidden. Use of the main campus web server for personal financial gain is strictly forbidden. The main campus web server may not be used to store personal files such as homework or e-mail. There may be other activities which are not expressly listed here, but which are still in violation of these policies. Please contact the administrators in the event of questions.
If an account is found to be storing data which is in violation of law or University policies, any or all of the following steps may be taken:
Note that, depending on the severity of the situation, any of these steps may be skipped. Attempts will always be made to try to resolve the situation through communication, but when this is not possible, more drastic measures may be taken.
Any official organization within the University is eligible for space on the main campus web server. This includes, but is not necessarily restricted to, administrative departments and offices, academic departments, student organizations, Greek organizations, housing councils, and research groups.
In each case, a New or Update Account form must be filled out. This form must be completed by an individual with proper authority; for example, a department chair, the head of an administrative office, or a student group's faculty advisor. The authorizer must be a full-time member of the CWRU staff or faculty.
Organizations which are affiliated with the University may be able to obtain space on the main campus web server. In order to do so, the affiliated organization will need to find a department of the University that is willing to sponsor the organization's inclusion. If a University department withdraws its sponsorship for any reason, the affiliated organization's material must be removed if another sponsor is not found. Note that all of the affiliated organization's material housed on the main campus web server server must comply with the Case Western Reserve University Acceptable Use of Computing and Information Technology Resources policy.
In some cases, it may be necessary to transfer responsibility for the main campus web server account to a new maintainer. In this case, you may edit your existing main campus web server account via the New or Update Account form.
If there is a change in maintainer to an account, the department of Information Technology Services must be informed of this change. Since maintainers are responsible and liable for the data stored in an account, it is important to have accurate information regarding the maintainers. In addition, by letting the department of Information Technology Services know who is responsible for the account, any messages on this subject will go to the correct person. If it is discovered that the listed maintainer of an account is no longer associated with it, steps will be taken up to and including deactivation of access to the account.
The maximum amount of data which an account may store on the main campus web server server is limited to one (1) gigabyte of data. This includes, but is not limited to, HTML, text, image, sound, video, application, and configuration files.
URLs are assigned by the main campus web server managers. Your account will be located on the server with an address corresponding to the organzation's or department's position in the University's department structure.
The contents and terms given on this page may change at any time. In such instance, notice of the changes will be sent to all account authorizers and primary maintainers via e-mail, and said message will constitute legal notification of changes to the terms under which an account is permitted.
