The Legal Deposit Act 54 of 1997

In Taiwan, the Library Law stipulates that a copy of a work must be deposited at the National Central Library and the Parliamentary Library of the Legislative Yuan. [82] [83] In Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku obtained the right to receive a copy of all works published in Sweden in 1707. After Finland was ceded by Sweden to Russia, this privilege was confirmed in 1809. In 1820, all Russian printing presses began to send legally deposited copies to Finland. The current Legal Deposit Act No. 54 of 1997 was promulgated on 1 July 1998. In Denmark, legal deposit has been compulsory since 1697[29] and is administered by the Royal Danish Library (for most writings) and the State and University Library (for newspapers, audio and video); Two copies must be attached. [30] This includes works in digital form and the publisher may be asked to provide the required passwords. [31] The same requirements apply to film, video and sound recordings, except that the National Film, Video and Sound Archives (NFVSA) receives legal deposit instead of the Parliamentary Library and if only one copy is required, it is deposited with the NFVSA and not with the NLSA.

[70] In Switzerland, there is no federal law introducing legal deposit,[76] but the cantons of Vaud,[77] Fribourg,[78] Geneva,[79] and Ticino[80] have adopted laws on legal deposit that apply to books published in their respective jurisdictions. At the national level, the Swiss National Library (SNL) has concluded voluntary agreements with the country`s two main publishing associations; Swiss Association of Booksellers and Publishers and Swiss Association of Distributors, Publishers and Librarians, according to which SNL receives one copy of each book published by its affiliated publishers. [81] 3. Promote compliance with the Legal Deposit Act (Act No. 54 of 1997) and other applicable laws. In Portugal, all publishers are currently required to deposit 11 copies of all publications divided between the National Library of Portugal, municipal libraries in large cities and libraries of public institutions of scientific and higher education. Special exceptions, of which only one copy is required (and kept at the National Library), include master`s and doctoral theses, limited edition prints, stamps, plans, posters. In Croatia, legal deposit was introduced in 1816. Today, it is regulated by the Library Act, which stipulates that nine copies must be provided by publishers.

Two of them will be donated to the National and University Library in Zagreb, while the academic and scientific libraries in Osijek, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik and Mostar will each receive a copy. [28] In 2007, a new law on the deposit and conservation of cultural property was adopted. The new law covers two important new types of cultural material. The National Audiovisual Archives collects and preserves broadcasting material, while the National Library of Finland (renamed Helsinki University Library) collects and preserves web content. [33] Legal deposit is required by law and is administered by the Department of Arts and Culture through a legal deposit committee appointed to ensure that South Africa`s cultural heritage is preserved for future generations. Here you will find useful information on legal deposit, the purpose and benefits of legal deposit as well as the obligations of publishers/producers within the meaning of the Legal Deposit Act. The legislation governing this requirement varies from country to country, but it is often enshrined in copyright law. Until the end of the 20th century, legal deposit included only printed and sometimes audiovisual material, but in the 21st century, most countries also had to extend their legislation to digital documents. In 2000, UNESCO published a new and expanded edition of Jean Lunn`s 1981 Guidelines on the Law of Legal Deposit, which addresses the issue of electronic formats in its recommendations for the interpretation of the right of filing. [1] [2] The 1957 decree established a solid administrative basis for legal deposit in Spain, based on the separation between the provincial offices, which administered the deposit at the local level, and the preservation of libraries such as the National Library.

The decree stipulated that printers were responsible for depositing several copies of all published works in the National Library and other public libraries. This legal deposit legislation covered a wide range of documents, including printed materials such as books and magazines, sound recordings, maps, films and postcards. [72]: 95–97 The preservation of documentary heritage facilitates access to all published documents produced in their country. Thus, legal deposit is one of the pillars of freedom of information. The legal retention obligations for the National Library of the Diet of Japan are set out in Chapters X to XI-3 of the Law on the National Library of the Diet. [57] These requirements vary depending on whether the publishing entity is a governmental or non-governmental entity and whether the work is published physically or online.