Workshop Description:

Understanding and using copyright law and principles is an important part of an archivist’s work. This workshop covers the foundations of copyright law, including a copyright owner’s exclusive rights, copyright duration and transfers, public domain, derivatives, fair use and archives/library exemptions, orphan works, permissions, and takedown policies.  We also will briefly touch on aspects of moral rights, character rights, music, copyright termination, cultural heritage and traditional knowledge, contracts, trademarks, and alternatives to copyright. Throughout we will focus on digital works and uses, including developing and using good copyright policies, best practices, and tools in managing copyright, and assessing and minimizing risks in creating and using digital works. Participants will gain an understanding of the law and best practices, and learn about practical methods and tools to better manage work, assist users, and understand and mitigate risk to avoid copyright infringement claims.

Instructor Bio:

Menzi Behrnd-Klodt is an experienced archivist, attorney, and archival educator, and a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists. Menzi’s archives career has focused on corporate and organizational archives.  Based in Madison, WI, Menzi created corporate archives for American Girl (owned by Mattel) and the headquarters of a major insurance and financial services provider, and she worked at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Menzi has trained archivists, librarians, and volunteers at and consulted to many historical societies, cultural centers, museums, and organizations across the country.  Menzi continues to do archival and legal consulting for many clients.

Menzi began her legal career with a law firm and for many years was Counsel at American Girl.  Her consulting practice specializes in intellectual property, copyright, contracts, licensing, and permissions.  As an educator, Menzi teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies and University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool’s Continuing Education Program. Her focus is copyright, access and privacy, risk, and intellectual property issues for archivists, and the basics of archival administration. Her publications include Navigating Legal Issues in Archives; Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives: Archivists and Archival Records, co-edited with Peter J. Wosh; Rights in the Digital Era in the Trends in Archives Practice series, co-edited with Christopher J. Prom, including authoring two modules on privacy legal issues; and a chapter on business archives legal issues and confidentiality in Managing Business Archives in the 21^st Century, edited by Sarah Polirer.  She has spoken at Society of American Archivists meetings on many occasions, and is a member of SAA’s Intellectual Property Working Group.