Digital legal deposit

You can upload music, e-books, local radio and digital theatre scripts as digital legal deposit. We receive and preserve your material digitally.

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Digital materials are also covered by the Legal Deposit Act. If you produce music, games, e-books, local radio, audiobooks, podcasts or the like in a digital format, we will also preserve it for posterity.

On our digital legal deposit page, you can currently upload music, e-books, local radio, and digitised theatre manuscripts.

Once we have received your material, we retain the content for posterity in accordance with the rules and guidelines in force at any given time. We provide, as far as possible, access to the content in accordance with applicable law, including copyright law.

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About legal deposit

What is legal deposit?

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The Danish Legal Deposit Act forms the basis for complete collection and preservation of the part of the cultural heritage that includes published material.

Where can you view the material?

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The legally deposited material is made available at Royal Danish Library or the Danish Film Institute in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Act and the Copyright Act.

Contact us about legal deposit

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Feel free to contact us if you need help, further information or have other questions about legal deposit.