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Copyright Issues for Digital Archives #1337 part of SAA DAS certificate

Course Details

Tue, Mar 12, 2013 
Elliott University Center
Greensboro, NC

This course covers copyright legal issues specific to archives of digital material. You'll examine the impact of electronic technologies on the long-held law and tenets of copyright, including digital rights management, and acquiring and advising on the use of rights in records. You'll look at the basic text of relevant federal statutes and significant case law, as well as examining case studies. While participants should be familiar with basic copyright law, a very brief review of copyright essentials will be provided to ground the discussion. The focus of the day will be on how to think through and identify options for resolving the most commonly-encountered copyright legal issues around electronic records.

Upon completion of this course you’ll be able to:

  • Recognize and discuss common legal issues relating to copyright issues in general and for digital archives in particular;
  • Interpret these issues from an archivist's perspective;
  • Realize when ingested records pose possible copyright legal issues;
  • Identify, employ, analyze and compare the ramifications of a variety of legal steps that you might take to prevent or address one of the legal issues; and,
  • Communicate and work more effectively with your legal counsel and administration.
Course Format: On Site
Address: Elliott University Center, 507 Stirling Street in Greensboro
 
Duration: 8 hours
Audience Category: Archivists and others who need to address copyright legal issues relating to the digital archives of their institutions.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Instructor(s): Aprille Cooke McKay, J.D.
Maximum Attendees: 35
 
Cost Range: SAA Member $185 / $235 Employees of Member Institutions $210 / $260 Nonmember $235 / $285
Provider: The Society of American Archivists
Sponsored by: Society of North Carolina Archivists 

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