2022 ARCS Webinar Copyright Across Borders

Instructors

Tanya Anderson, Manager Resource Centre, Copyright Services, Canadian Museum of History | Amalyah Keshet, Copyright Management Specialist for Cultural Heritage | Melissa Levine, Director, Copyright Office, University of Michigan

Description

Managing copyright is a key responsibility of caring for collections, and it is critical to understand that copyright is an issue that affects registrars and collections specialists on a cross-global scale. The webinar will begin with a brief practical introduction to copyright law, but will focus on copyright in an international setting.

The panelists will discuss the public domain, and fair use/fair dealing, and delve into copyright conundrums in collections acquisitions and exhibition management in various regions of the world. Attendees will be presented with resources, methodologies, and examples to navigate the various licensing options and ever-changing uses affecting collections stewardship.

The webinar will conclude with a longer than usual Q&A session, roughly 20 minutes in length, to address questions, concerns, and doubts from the attendees.

*Please note that the program will be broadcast live in Eastern Time and will be recorded. 

Speaker Bios

• Tanya Anderson, Manager Resource Centre, Copyright Services, Canadian Museum of History. Tanya Anderson is the Manager of the Resource Centre and Copyright Services and the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Canada.  She has worked in the GLAM sector for over 25 years with specialization in licensing and intellectual property.  Tanya is a strong advocate for increasing access to culture and thoroughly enjoys the magic that happens in those moments.

• Amalyah Keshet, Copyright Management Specialist for Cultural Heritage. Amalyah has over 40 years’ museum experience, 30 working with copyright in museums and other cultural heritage institutions. Following a decade in curatorial work, she developed and led Image Resources & Copyright Management at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Amalyah served on the Board of Directors of the Museum Computer Network (MCN), founding and chairing its Intellectual Property Special Interest Group. She was active in the founding of Creative Commons Israel, and advocates for legislation on exceptions and limitations to copyright for museums, both in Israel and internationally. Amalyah is also active in the Europeana Copyright Community, ICOM, and the Israeli Museums Association Collection Managers Committee. She also serves on the Editorial Board of Visual Resources. Amalyah holds a B.F.A. from Washington University., St. Louis, and a M.A. in art history from George Washington University, Washington DC. Amalyah contributed the chapter on “Copyright in Museums” for the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries, Edward Elgar Publishing UK, 2018.

• Melissa Levine, Director, Copyright Office, University of Michigan. Melissa Levine provides guidance on all aspects of copyright policy and practice, helping the University of Michigan community understand copyright.  She is the principal investigator for the Copyright Review Management System (CRMS), an IMLS-supported effort to learn more about the copyright status of books in HathiTrust. Melissa has extensive experience with copyright matters. At the Smithsonian Institution, Melissa handled licensing and contract negotiations for publishing, product development, electronic rights, audiovisual media, exhibitions, and festivals (1990-96). At the Library of Congress, Melissa was Assistant General Counsel and Legal Advisor to the National Digital Library Project, serving as counsel to a $60 million program focused on digital preservation and Internet access to American history primary materials in print, text, image, music, sound recordings, and film media (1996-2001). She developed copyright and other rights and permissions policies for worldwide dissemination of collections online, advised senior management on intellectual property and interrelated business and strategic issues, worked with the U.S. Copyright Office and other organizations and government agencies on copyright issues, and represented The Library of Congress in inter-agency meetings and initiatives related to copyright and digital libraries.