France
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials?:
Yes
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials, year effective:
since 1537
Legal deposit for audiovisual materials?:
Yes
Type of AV materials:
Sound recordings (CD, audio book, etc.); Film; Video recordings (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.); Radio broadcasts; TV broadcasts; Computer games; Websites or other internet-based content
AV depository:
See 'Comments' below
AV legal deposit law applied:
Nationally
Amount of AV actually deposited:
Between 25-75%
AV legislation year comment:
sound recordings : 1938 ; video recordings, films : 1975 ; computer and video games, databases, softwares, TV and radio broadcasts : 1992 ; websites : 2006
Law name & number:
France, Code du patrimoine
Links to legislation:
Comments:
Official depositories: National Library of France for sound recordings, video recordings, computer games, databases, sofwares and websites ; National institute for audiovisual for TV and radio broadcasts, websites related to TV and radio broadcasts; Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for films
Submitted by (name, and institution):
Sebastien Gaudelus (Bibliotheque nationale de France); Alquier Eleonore (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)
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