Melissa Levine

About

Melissa Levine provides expert guidance on all aspects of copyright policy and practice helping members of the University of Michigan campus community to understand and apply fair use and other aspects of copyright.  She as extensive experience working on copyright issues. At the Smithsonian Institution, Melissa handled licensing and contract negotiations for publishing, product development, electronic rights, audiovisual media, exhibitions, and festivals at the Smithsonian Institution (1990-96). At the Library of Congress, Melissa served as Assistant General Counsel and Legal Advisor to the National Digital Library Project, where she was counsel to a $60 million program focused on digital preservation and Internet access to American history primary materials in print, text, image, music, sound recordings, and film media (1996-2001). She developed copyright and other rights and permissions policies for worldwide dissemination of collections online, advised senior management on intellectual property and interrelated business and strategic issues, worked with the U.S. Copyright Office and other organizations and government agencies on copyright issues, and represented The Library of Congress in inter-agency meetings and initiatives related to copyright and digital libraries.

She has extensive experience in museum policy and management having served as the Exhibits and Outreach Librarian at the University of Michigan Library, Acting Director of the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Associate Director for Finance and Administration at the Wolfsonian Museum, and Acting Curator of the World Bank’s Art program.

Melissa received her undergraduate degree in history and art history from Emory University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law.