TRS respects the rights of all copyright holders and will remove or disable access to infringing material. In appropriate circumstances, users, account holders, subscribers, including employees, who repeatedly infringe the rights of copyright holders, will be terminated from network participation or use of the TRS website: https://www.trs.texas.gov.
TRS accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures.
A person who believes that a work has been copied or used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement may provide TRS notice with the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512, et seq.):
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;
- Identification of the copyrighted work or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the infringing material or the subject of infringing activity that should be removed or access to which should to be disabled;
- Information sufficient to permit location of the material;
- Information sufficient to permit TRS to contact the party providing notification;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
For copyright inquiries, please contact: communications@trs.texas.gov