Greenland
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials?:
Yes
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials, year effective:
since 1980
Legal deposit for audiovisual materials?:
Yes
Type of AV materials:
Sound recordings (CD, audio book, etc.); Film; Video recordings (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.)
Exemptions for AV materials:
all materials on the internet and e-books
AV depository:
Groenlandica, National Library of Greenland
AV legal deposit law applied:
Nationally
Amount of AV actually deposited:
Between 25-75%
AV law created:
2014
AV law effective:
2015
Submitted by (name, and institution):
Charlotte Andersen (Groenlandica, National Library of Greenland)
Return to Audiovisual Legal Deposit register
Greenland is a part of Denmark, but Greenland has self-governance. The first law in Greenland for legal deposit for printed materials only was effective from 1980. From 2015 the legal deposit also included dvd's, cd's.