June M. Besek Articles and Publications

Ms. Besek has authored many articles and studies on copyright law issues, including: 

Copyright and Related Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Unpublished Pre-1972 Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives (CLIR & Library of Congress, 2009)

Digital Preservation and Copyright, WIPO MAGAZINE (October 2008)

Maintaining the Integrity of Digital Archives (with Philippa Loengard), 31 COLUM. J. L. & ARTS 267 (2008)

Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives (CLIR & Library of Congress 2005)

Anti-Circumvention Laws and Copyright: A Report from the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, 27 COLUM. J. L. & ARTS 385 (2004)

Copyright: What Makes A Use “Fair”?, EDUCAUSE REV., Nov./Dec. 2003

Copyright Issues Relevant to the Creation of a Digital Archive: A Preliminary Assessment (CLIR & Library of Congress 2003).

See also International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation, which Ms. Besek co-authored with colleagues at the U.S. Library of Congress, JISC in the UK, The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project in Australia and the SURFfoundation in the Netherlands.