Germany

Legal deposit for books & other printed materials?:

Yes

Legal deposit for books & other printed materials, year effective:

1991 (before 1991 also for BRD and DDR)

Legal deposit for audiovisual materials?:

Yes

Type of AV materials:

Sound recordings (CD, audio book, etc.); Websites or other internet-based content

Exemptions for AV materials:

Videos when music main content or audiovisual material as accompanying material

AV legal deposit law applied:

Nationally

Amount of AV actually deposited:

don't know

AV law created:

2006

AV legislation year comment:

all audiovisual material, Websites are collected since legal deposit in 2006

Links to legislation:

Submitted by (name, and institution):

Wibke Weigand (German National Library)

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