Estonia
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials?:
Yes
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials, year effective:
since 1998
Legal deposit for audiovisual materials?:
Law under development
Type of AV materials:
Sound recordings (CD, audio book, etc.); Film; Video recordings (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.); Websites or other internet-based content
AV depository:
Sound recordings and video recordings - National Library of Estonia and University of Tartu Library; Film original material - National Archives; Internet-based content - National Library of Estonia
AV legal deposit law applied:
Nationally
Amount of AV actually deposited:
Over 75%
AV legislation year comment:
Sound and video recordings in physical format - 1998; Internet-based content - 2017
Links to legislation:
Comments:
There is a valid legal deposit act for books, DVDs, web sites etc - for which the depositary is National Library of Estonia. On 1st of January a Legal Deposit Copy Act will be enacted legislating legal deposit for films produced or co-produced in Estonia
Submitted by (name, and institution):
Gerli Rebane (Film Archives, National Archives of Estonia); Marika Koha (National Library of Estonia)
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