IP SIG: New web-archiving law in Sweden

[Amalyah Keshet]

----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Beagrie To: digital-preservat...@jiscmail.ac.uk Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Fwd: New web-archiving law in Sweden Dear all Finally a we're going to be on the right side of the law in Sweden! A new law has been passed which gives us right to collect the Swedish web (which we've been doing since 1997). It also gives us the right to show the archive. The law will be active from july 1. See http://www.kb.se/ENG/Akt_fr.htm for more information. Regards Allan Arvidson ------------------------------------------------------- Allan Arvidson             allan.arvid...@kb.se Kungliga biblioteket     tel +46 (0)8 463 4055 Box 5039                 fax +46 (0)8 463 4004 10241 Stockholm Sweden New decree for Kulturarw3 The government reached a decision on May 8, 2002, to issue a special decree relative to the work done by the Royal Library in acquiring, preserving and making accessible everything found on the Swedish Internet. The question, whether the Royal Library had the right controlling such an operation only indirectly approved by the authorities, has dogged the project since its implication in 1996. The Royal Library's initial interpretation of the legislation was that there was nothing in the text preventing the collecting of web sites. The library has nevertheless maintained a wait-and-see policy and rejecting all inquiries requesting permission to access the material. Last summer (2001) the situation came to a head when a private individual queried the legitimacy of the project. The supervising public authority of the Swedish Data Inspection Board conceded the person a certain degree of right. The Royal Library lodged a public complaint, a complaint also registered in a PM to the appropriate government department. Minister of education, Tomas Östros and members of staff positioned themselves in the matter and gave the Royal Library its full support. After consideration of the parties concerned the decree (2002:287) was accepted May 8, 2002 and authorises the Royal Library too not only collect Swedish web sites on the Internet but also to allow the public access to it within the library premises. It gives us great pleasure that this once so far-seeing and internationally acclaimed project has finally earned its official recognition. Tomas Lidman National Librarian Translation: Jonathan Pearman   ************************************************************************************* Neil Beagrie                         JISC Digital Preservation Focus Programme Director             Secretary, Digital Preservation Coalition JISC London Office,              Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179 King's College London          email:       preservat...@jisc.ac.uk Strand Bridge House            url:            www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/ 138 - 142, The Strand,                          www.dpconline.org London WC2R 1HH              email list:  www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/digital-preservation.html ************************************************************************************* --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com