Barbara Ingrassia, President at Manage Copyright

Barbara Ingrassia

President at Manage Copyright

Professional Training and Coaching

Education: SUNY Geneseo (BA History and Secondary Social Studies) - SUNY Geneseo (MLS )

Worcester, MA, USA

Biography

Barbara Ingrassia is an Intellectual Property protection strategist who shows small businesses and organizations, as well as individuals, how to protect the content they create. She teaches simple no cost/low cost measures to implement that minimize the risk of content theft in the Internet age.

She has studied the “murkiness” of copyright law with the Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland, the Special Libraries Association, Duke University, and the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School. She has certifications in copyright management and in digital content licensing.

She enjoys speaking for various civic and professional organizations and customizes the content and length to meet the needs of the group. She facilitates workshops and consults with individuals--both virtually and face-to-face.

Barbara comes from an academic library background, and grew up on a dairy farm in central N.Y.

Passion

I have a passion for raising awareness about the role of copyright law in our daily lives. We are all Consumers and Creators of copyrighted content--whether we realize it or not. I teach entrepreneurs and organizations how to use copyright law as a tool to achieve their goals--to create and protect their assets. I enjoy bringing some FUN to a serious and important topic.

I am willing to travel

Up to 100 miles

When it comes to payments

Everything is negotiable

Topics

copyright law copyright compliance content theft protecting online content guard your goldmine 5 steps to guard your goldmine use copyright laaw to protect your business copyright in the digital age manage copyright copyright infringement risk management business risk management avoiding legal risk for small business images public domain licensing free content copyright education copyright awareness bringing fun to a heavy topic compliance intellectual property basics intellectual property protection suny geneseo geneseo worcester womens history project united methodist women association of independent information professionals medical library association polkadot powerhouse

Best Story

1. Workshop content was stolen by a participant because the workshop creator did not have simple measures in place to minimize the risk of theft.
2. A business owner wanted to use postcards in a marketing campaign. The cards included comic book super heroes. The printer refused to print them because of copyright and trademark infringement. The client was angry; the graphic artist said he had modified the characters, so "that was OK." (Not true.) The client wanted to sign a waiver to protect the printer. (Won't work) The client stomped out. How did the story end?

Origin Story

As an academic librarian, as print evolved to electronic, I began negotiating licenses, and that rolled into copyright compliance education. I served as the filter between faculty/students/staff/administration and university counsel. A few years later, I was laid off in a budget cut. I began offering copyright compliance education to groups. I was asked to develop a CEU course "Copyright Skills as Risk Management Tools" for the Medical Library Association and have offered webinars for the Training Magazine Network. Other workshops have focused on copyright skills for authors, speakers, small businesses. (August 2019 for Innovation Women at Staples Studio in Danvers, MA)