TIIKM Employee’s Obligations under Copyright Law

The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) fully supports the copyright law of Sri Lanka requiring all of employees to fulfill the company’s moral and legal obligations with respect to the use of the copyright protected materials of others.  To that end, and in fulfillment of our commitment to protect the principles of copyright in general, employees of TIIKM should seek permission to use copyrighted works whenever appropriate and, when unsure whether permission is required. TIIKM acknowledges that copyright infringement is a violation of the law and may impose civil and/or criminal liability on the individual infringer, as well as on the infringer’s employer.  Therefore, every employee is required to comply with the copyright law and adhere to this copyright policy.  Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action. No employee of TIIKM may reproduce any copyrighted work in print, video or digital form in violation of the law.  Works are considered protected and is governed by the Intellectual Property Act, No.36 of 2003 and employees of TIIKM must assume that most materials used are copyrighted until proven otherwise.