Engineering Workbench: Quick Start Guide: Terms and Conditions

VDOT's license allows any VDOT employee to register for an account that provides access to the TIA standards in VDOT's subscriptions through Engineering Workbench, however, users agree to the "Terms and Conditions" of the Accuris license for accessing those standards. Here are some key provisions: 

VDOT Users May: 

• Use TIA/IEC standards for "internally" for "personal, non-commercial informational purposes." All "external" uses (i.e. those outside of VDOT) are prohibited.
• Access the available TIA/IEC standards in VDOT subscriptions as frequently as they want. 
• Share access to standards with other VDOT employees (who will also need to register an account with their VDOT email address).
• Make "a reasonable number of copies" of standards, provided all such copies include all legends, copyright and other proprietary notices appearing on the original.
• Create documents, reports or presentations (“Derivative Works”) using information from standards, only if such works are solely for "Internal Use" within VDOT.

VDOT Users May Not: 

• Distribute, publish, republish, scan, transfer, sell, license, lease, give, permanently retain, decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise reproduce, disclose or make available to others, or create derivative works from the standards, or any portion of them.
• Remove any proprietary notice (such as a copyright statement) or disclaimer language on any copies of the standards.
• Copy or post the standards on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media.
• Violate any intellectual property constraints or other terms or conditions of VDOT's license as explained in Accuris/S&P Global Terms and Conditions.

Users of the system may see that when they search for and select a TIA standard, they will be guided first to a "click through" copyright agreement in the "Document Viewer" screen. That notice reads: "The materials contained herein have been reproduced and distributed by Accuris and are governed by Terms and Conditions of Use. All rights reserved."  Users must click the "Accept" button to proceed to the standard. That screen looks like this: 

Users who click the "Accept" button will see a full-text pdf copy of the standard load in the Document Viewer screen, which looks like this, and contains additional copyright notices:

The first notice (above) appears in the frame displaying the pdf.  It reads: "© 2024, Accuris. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited."
 

The second set of notices are "stamped" onto the pdf itself. They appear on every page of every standard accessed through Accuris, and record the licensee (VDOT) as well as the individual who accessed the standard, to clearly indicate copyright responsibility.

Here they are magnified: 

The first says: 

Copyright Telecommunications Industry Association
Provided by Accuris under license with TIA
No reproduction of networking permitted without license from Accuris

The second displays the licensing organization, the name of the individual user, and the date of download. In this case, it reads: 

Licensee=Virginia Dept of Transportation/596086001, User=Winter, Ken
Not for Resale, Wed, 20 Nov 2024 03:32:02 GMT