Rina Elster Pantalony

Biography

Rina Elster Pantalony is a copyright lawyer with more than 25 years experience working with cultural heritage institutions in Canada and the US on matters concerning the digital reproduction and distribution of collections and related materials. For over ten years, she was faculty in the Moving Image Archive Preservation Program in the Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where she taught graduate courses in copyright law and policy. She is the former Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee of the International Council of Museums and serves on the Rights Committee of the Book Industry Study Group. She is published widely as an expert on intellectual property management practices and was appointed Director, Copyright Advisory Services, Columbia University Libraries in 2014.