Copyright Law Implementing Regulations

The following words and phrases, whenever mentioned in the articles of these Regulations, shall have the meanings stated next to them: (1) Proprietary right of the author: Aggregate material and immaterial interests vested in the person to his work. (2) Author: Every person who innovates by his own effort, any of the literary, artistic or scientific works such as the man of letters, the poet, the painter or the musician or any other artist, according to the form of expression. (3) Innovation: The personal style displayed by the author in his work, which makes the work distinctive and novel and presents the work through the elements of the concept displayed or the method employed to present the concept. (4) Infringement of copyright: Any use of the work unauthorized by the copyright owner and conflicting with the instructions of usage determined by the copyright owner, or committing one or more of the violations provided for in the Law and these Regulations. (5) Work: It is the literary, scientific or artistic production irrespective of its type, importance, form of expression or purpose. (6) Literary works: Works which are expressed in words whatever their content may be, whether written or oral. (7) Artistic works: Works which appeal to the sense of beauty of the public, such as painting, coloring, movement, sound, picture, viewing or music. (8) Performers: Actors, players of musical instruments, singers, dancers, reciters and others who perform an artistic activity of other literary or artistic works in one way or another. (9) Publication: Transmittance or communication of the work directly or indirectly to the public or making copies or photo copies of it or of any part of it which may be read, viewed, listened to or performed. (10) Producer: A natural or corporate person who undertakes to transform the artistic, audio or audio-visual work into a material means for the purpose of displaying it to the public under its financial responsibility. (11) The Law: Copyright Law. (12) Regulations: The implementing regulations of the Copyright Law. (13) Competent Department: The competent department in the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property. (14) Authority: Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property. (15) Board of Directors: The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property’s Board of Directors. Chapter One Protected Works and the Rights of Public Performance