Saudi ArabiaCopyright Law, quotation and journalistic-summary exception
Royal Decree No. M/41 Art. 15(2) quotation and journalistic-summary exception (2 Rajab 1424H, ), amended by Council of Ministers Decision No. 536 (19 Shawwal 1439H, )
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- You may quote passages from a copyrighted work, in its original language or in translation, in another work without the copyright owner's permission, including journalistic summaries abstracted from newspapers and periodicals, if the quotation is consistent with established conventions and within the limits its purpose justifies (art. 15(2)).
- Mention the source and the author's name in every quotation.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Article 15(2) permits quoting passages from a copyrighted work, in its original language or in translation, in another work without the copyright owner's permission, and states this also applies to journalistic summaries abstracted from newspapers and periodicals, provided the quotation is consistent with established conventions and within the limits justified by its purpose, and that the source and the author's name are mentioned.
Related rights for performers, producers of audio recordings, and broadcasting organizations exist elsewhere in the Law (Arts. 9, 18-19), but none of the provisions located create a press-publisher neighbouring right or a compelled platform-to-publisher bargaining regime reaching a news aggregator. No text-and-data-mining opt-out mechanism and no reported case on hyperlinking, framing, or hot-news misappropriation was located.
The Law provides that it takes effect six months after its publication in the Official Gazette (Art. 28), and no source located states the resulting day. The Copyright Law published in the Official Gazette on replaces this Law under its Article 59.
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