Dissemination of Unpublished Pre-1972 Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives

April 2, 2009 - 11:31am — Bibliofuture

Copyright and Related Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Unpublished Pre-1972 Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives

This report addresses the question of what libraries and archives are legally empowered to do to preserve and make accessible for research their holdings of unpublished pre-1972 sound recordings. The report's author, June M. Besek, is executive director of the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School.

Executive summary of report.

Full report and synopsis here.