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There are laws for book publishers, requiring that they send copies to your local government's central library. In the US it's the library of congress. Some of
by est31 6y ago
There are laws for book publishers, requiring that they send copies to your local government's central library. In the US it's the library of congress. Some of the books they don't keep, but they do filter them by which books are important and which aren't. Maybe the same should be done for "viral" posts, such arial scans, and other data deemed important.
- johannes1234321 6y agoIn Germany the national library is also required by law to take care of digital ("körperlose Werke") media. They are still figuring out what a good way for archival of those is and are quite selective in choice what they archive, but they plan to expand on that German page: https://www.dnb.de/DE/Sammlungen/DigitaleSammlungen/dgitaleSammlungen_node.html https://www.dnb.de/DE/Sammlungen/DigitaleSammlungen/dgitaleS... English page: https://www.dnb.de/EN/Sammlungen/DigitaleSammlungen/dgitaleSammlungen_node.html https://www.dnb.de/EN/Sammlungen/DigitaleSammlungen/dgitaleS...
- tingletech 6y agoI didn't know that LoC has any discretion regarding keeping items mandatorily deposited for copyright registration. Do you have more information on this?
- wahern 6y agoElectronic works in the U.S. fall within the mandatory deposit statute, but then are excused by Copyright Office administrative rules. However, it seems they've slightly narrowed the electronic works exception (first in 2010, and tentatively for 2020) since the last time I looked: https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/ebookdeposit/ https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/ebookdeposit/