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Originally Posted by HarryT
A question to authors: are you obeying the "legal deposit" laws of your country? If you aren't, you are liable for prosecution!
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Are we all obeying the law?
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This raises some complex questions, Harry, especially for ebooks.
Is it only authors who have this obligation put on them? If it is only authors to whom this rule applies then the situation is a little less complex, but it's still a puzzle to me.
I am currently designing an ebook for an American citizen who has lived in Spain for several years. I am designing the ebook for publication by Circaidy Gregory Press, which is based in Hastings in the UK. I live in Launceston, Australia.
Is the author obligated to send a copy to the US authorities, given that she is an American citizen? Or to the Spanish authorities, given that she lives permanently in Spain? Is the publisher obligated to send a copy to the British Library? Given that there wouldn't be an ebook if I didn't design it am I under any obligation to send a copy to the British Library? Or to their Australian counterpart given that I live in Australia? I have dual UK and Australian citizenship, if that matters.
I recognise that the rules are less strict for ebooks than for print books, but it is not hard to imagine that a similar situation might apply if it was a print book. In fact Circaidy Gregory Press does both print and ebook versions, and in this particular case the print version will be developed from the ebook version.
Do you know where I can get answers to these questions?