Reuses other publishers' content, in Saudi Arabia

Royal Decree No. M/169 (14/8/1447H), Art. 27(1) quotation and journalistic-summary exception, Copyright Law (published 13 February 2026) · Read the law's page

• You may quote or copy short passages from a protected, lawfully published work into another work, without the author's permission or compensation, including a journalistic summary taken from newspapers and periodicals, where the purpose is legitimate, the quotation goes no further than the purpose needs and is consistent with custom, and the source and the author's name are stated (Article 27(1)).
• Do not let the use conflict with the normal exploitation of the work or unjustifiably prejudice the legitimate interests of rights holders (Article 37(1)).

Royal Decree No. M/169 (14/8/1447H), Art. 33 copies of a computer program by the owner of a lawful copy, Copyright Law (published 13 February 2026) · Read the law's page

• You may make a new copy of a computer program you own a lawful copy of, without the author's permission or compensation, only for a purpose in Article 33, only to the extent that purpose needs, and you must destroy the new copy once the purpose ends or your ownership of the lawful copy ends (Article 33).
• Make no more than one copy when the purpose is a backup (Article 33(1)).
• Copy for maintenance only where the maintenance is necessary to use the software, whether on the authorized copy or for a person who owns a lawful copy (Article 33(2)).
• You may copy to correct technical errors, or to study, analyze and monitor how the software performs or functions in order to identify the ideas and theories behind the program (Article 33(3)).
• Copy and obtain the information needed for interoperability with a different system or program only if you are the licensed person (Article 33(4)).
• You may copy to test data security and fix security vulnerabilities (Article 33(5)).
• Keep any such use from conflicting with the normal exploitation of the work or unjustifiably prejudicing the legitimate interests of rights holders (Article 37(1)).

Royal Decree No. M/169 (14/8/1447H), Art. 4(1) and (3) exclusion of bare facts and daily news, Copyright Law (published 13 February 2026) · Read the law's page

• You need no permission under the Law to use bare facts, or the daily news and incidents of a news character that newspapers, magazines, international bulletins and broadcasting organizations publish (Article 4(1) and (3)).
• Do not copy the original arrangement, presentation or classification of such material: the Law protects a compilation distinguished by originality in those respects, though not the content presented (Article 4, closing paragraph).
• Keep any use under Articles 26 to 36 from conflicting with the normal exploitation of the work or unjustifiably prejudicing the legitimate interests of rights holders (Article 37(1)).

Royal Decree No. M/169 (14/8/1447H), Arts. 3(11) and 9 computer programs and exclusive rights, Copyright Law (published 13 February 2026) · Read the law's page

• You need the author's permission to copy a work in any way or form, to translate it, and to modify, convert or adapt it into another form (Article 9(1)(a) and (b)).
• You need the author's permission to distribute a work; the distribution right is exhausted at the first distribution (Article 9(1)(c)).
• You need the author's permission to communicate a work to the public by wired or wireless transmission, including making it available so that the public can access it at any time and place (Article 9(1)(f)).
• You need the author's permission to rent a computer program for commercial purposes, unless the program itself is not the essential object of the rental (Article 9(1)(e)(3)).
• Keep any use you make under Articles 26 to 36 from conflicting with the normal exploitation of the work or unjustifiably prejudicing the legitimate interests of rights holders (Article 37(1)).