Rights & Reproductions 1: Intro to IP and Licensing Best Practices
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Participants will be introduced to numerous topics, including:
- Overview of U.S. IP law, ethics, and risk (focused on copyright law).
- Key similarities and differences between U.S. and international copyright laws, particularly differences within Canadian copyright law.
- Rights issues in permanent collections: determining the rights status of collection objects, identifying rights holders, and preparing non-exclusive licenses.
- Uses of materials, including, but not limited to, publications and exhibitions, educational materials, websites and social media, marketing and promotion, retail and commercial products, licensing materials to external users, and evolving photography policies.
Course Goals
After you complete this course you should have a general understanding of the underlying IP laws and licensing best practices, many of which are emerging or continually shifting, that inform a rights and reproductions specialist’s daily workflows. In four weeks we cannot possibly cover everything that one could encounter in the realm of rights and licensing, but we hope to give you the tools and resources to figure out issues as they arise. The main goal of this course then is to introduce you to the applicable legal parameters and resources for navigating the rights and reproductions waters.
Participant Outcomes
Participants will:
- Gain an introductory understanding of U.S. IP law, ethics, and risk (focused on copyright law).
- Outline Key similarities and differences between U.S. and international copyright laws, particularly differences within Canadian copyright law.
- Identify rights issues in permanent collections: determining the rights status of collection objects, identifying rights holders, and preparing non-exclusive licenses.
- Overview of various uses of materials, including, but not limited to, publications and exhibitions, educational materials, websites and social media, marketing and promotion, retail and commercial products, licensing materials to external users, and evolving photography policies.
(This list is not all inclusive)
For those who want to continue their knowledge of Rights and Reproduction join us for the more advanced Rights & Reproductions 2: Fair Use, Open Access, and More
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Required Text:
Young, Anne M., ed., Rights & Reproductions: The Handbook for Cultural Institutions, Second Edition, American Alliance of Museums, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019, 404 pages.
Museum Study students can take advantage of a special offer from Rowman & Littlefield to purchase the book at a discount.
Rights & Reproductions 1: Intro to IP and Licensing Best Practices addresses the American Association for State and Local History's Stewardship of Collections Standard 2, The Institution legally, ethically, and effectively manages, documents, cares for, and uses the collections.
- Are staff and volunteers aware of laws and regulations with regard to collections?
- Does the institution recognize the role of professional ethics regarding collections?
Comments from participants:
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I especially enjoyed the chat sessions, engaging with other students really helped to deepen my understanding of the material and hearing others perspectives opened my eyes to different ways of interpreting the topics discussed.
This course is great! Anne is a leader in the field and I'm happy to have had the opportunity to learn about museum copyright from her.
I thought the course was informative and I learned more than I expected. I have already begun applying the knowledge I learned in the to my job.