Reuses other publishers' content, in the United Arab Emirates

Federal Decree-Law No. 38 of 2021, Arts. 3(3), 24 · Read the law's page

• You need not seek permission to use news, news reports and current events that are merely media news, which are excluded from copyright; the exclusion lapses where the compilation or arrangement of that material is itself an innovation.
• If you are a newspaper, circular or broadcasting organisation, you may copy excerpts of a work already lawfully made available to the public without the author's consent, if you credit the source and the author's name.
• If you are such an outlet, you may publish articles on subjects of current public concern; do not do so where the author stated a publication ban.
• If you are such an outlet, you may reproduce speeches delivered at public parliamentary, judicial or public sessions when copied in the context of transmitting breaking news.
• Keep any copying within the limits justified by its purpose; there is no separate headline-length or short-extract cap.

Federal Decree-Law No. 38 of 2021, Arts. 3, 22, 24 · Read the law's page

• News, news reports, and current events that are merely media news are not protected by copyright and may be reproduced without a licence, unless the compilation or arrangement of that material is itself an innovation.
• No text-and-data-mining exception exists, so training on copyrighted UAE-sourced text or copying a database rests only on the Art. 22 personal-copy or quotation limitations, which do not reach software, software applications or databases.
• Quoting short paragraphs or excerpts of a published work is permitted only within reasonable limits for criticism, discussion or information, with the source and author's name credited.