Member of Berne Convention:
Yes.
Registration:
Possible for nationals as well as foreigners.
Duration:
Duration in general is the author's life.
Works Protected:
Written scientific, literary and artistic works; Works included in the arts of drawing, painting, carving, sculpture or architecture; Works delivered verbally, such as speeches, lectures, preachments and the like; Dramatic works and musical plays; Music whether accompanied with words or not; Photographic and movie works; Maps, geographical drawings and sketches; Model works whatever is the art related thereto; Works prepared for broadcasting by radio or television; Works related to applied arts, and in general every work in which expression is made in writing, sound, drawing modeling, movement and the like.
Limitations on Protection:
Compiled words which include works other than those of the compiler, such as poetry, prose and music anthologies, as well as other compiled works, without prejudice to the rights of the original authors; Every book whose author's rights have become public property; Collected official documents, such as the texts of governmental and political announcements; Texts of laws, decrees, regulations; courts decisions and all official documents; Works which are not fit to be the subject of the right of an author, such as works which contain anthologies from the tradition or folklore, or whose author is unknown.
Penalties:
Penalties include payment of fines not less than 10,000 Riyals (around 50 US Dollars) as well as legal prosecution resulting in a maximum of 6-month imprisonment terms.
