Off the Page: Copyright and IP for Librarians and Writers

This workshop, which runs from noon to 1 p.m., will provide an overview of copyright (and other forms of intellectual property) for librarians, library workers and writers. The goal of the workshop is to increase understanding of how the law relates to the work we use and make. Topics will include copyright ownership and authorship, licensing and works-made-for-hire, reproduction and manipulation of images, invasion of privacy, and fair use.

Elena M. Paul, Esq. is the General Counsel of Ringling College of Art and Design where she also manages the Contracts Department. Before Ringling, she was the General Counsel of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation in NYC, led Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and taught in higher education, including New York Film Academy and Fordham Law School.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon, and cum laude, from Davidson College, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.