Copyright Law
Art. 5Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Ministry of Investment (misa.gov.sa)
1. An author is any person who publishes a work attributed to him by
mentioning his name on the work or by any other means used to attribute
works to their authors, unless there is evidence to the contrary.
2. The publisher whose name appears on the work shall be the representative
of the author, if the work is published under a pseudonym or anonymously.
3. Authors of audio works and audio-visual works shall be the persons who
participated in the creation of such works, such as:
a) author of the text;
b) scenarist;
c) dialogue writer;
d) director; and
e) composer.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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