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Mandatory Deposit Laws In Selected Jurisdictions (2017 Update), Global Legal Research Center
Mandatory Deposit Laws In Selected Jurisdictions (2017 Update), Global Legal Research Center
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This report, which updates and expands on a report prepared by Law Library staff in March 2015, contains data on 131 countries, indicating whether or not published books are subject to a mandatory deposit requirement at the national level and, if so, how many copies are required, where they must be deposited, and whether the deposit is part of the copyright system. Citations to the controlling legislation for mandatory deposits are provided. In all but thirteen of the jurisdictions surveyed, deposits are required. For some of these thirteen jurisdictions, deposits are voluntary, while in others, no information regarding deposit …