Member of Berne Convention:
Yes.
Registration:
No registration formalities available.
Duration:
Duration in general is the author's life plus 50 years following the author's date of death.
Works Protected:
Written materials like books, booklets and others; Works which are verbally delivered like lectures, speeches, poetry, songs and the like; Dramatic works, plays, shows and similar presentations which involve motion, sound or both; Works which are especially prepared for broadcasting or are presented through broadcasting; Drawings, works of plastic arts, architecture, decorative art and artistic embroidery and the like; Sound and audio-visual works; Applied art works, whether handcrafted or manufactured; Photographic works and the like; Illustrations, geographical maps, designs, plans, sketches and sculptured works related to geography, topography, architecture and science; Three dimensional works of geography, topography, architecture or science; Computer programs.
Limitations on Protection
Laws and Judicial judgments, decisions of administrative bodies, international agreements and all official documents, as well as the official translations thereof, subject to the provisions concerning the circulation of these documents; What is published in newspapers, magazines and periodicals, or broadcasted in daily news or news-like events; Ideas, procedures, work methods, concepts of mathematical sciences, axioms and abstract facts.
Penalties:
Penalties include payment of fines of up to 250,000 Riyals (around 66,000 US Dollars) as well as legal prosecution resulting in a maximum of 6-months imprisonment terms.
