It is the responsibility of all students and staff to comply with copyright law. This is clearly stated in the Information Facilities Rules, which apply to everyone; and in the Code of Conduct, which applies to staff.
Students and staff who use University facilities to infringe copyright will be in breach of the IF Rules. Students in breach will be dealt with in accordance with the procedure in those rules; penalties may include denial of access to the University information facilities. Infringement by staff may be dealt with as a matter of misconduct.
All QUT staff and students are cautioned against using University networks and machines to use, make, store, transmit or otherwise deal with infringing copies of movies, television programs or music. The Copyright Act was amended in December 2006 to permit individuals to copy certain types of material solely for private and domestic use. These new 'private use' provisions do not apply to the University. If copies made by staff or students under these provisions are used for University purposes or with University equipment, they become infringing copies.
You should be aware that QUT logs network activity. These logs may be used to manage IT resources, including detecting security breaches and resolving faults, and to investigate possible unlawful activity or breaches of QUT statutes and rules (see MOPP F/1.2 and Schedule 1 of QUT's Information Facilities Rules).