Copyright Protection Law, Quotation and Press-Reproduction Exceptions
Law No. 22 of 1992 on Copyright Protection, Arts. 17-19
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As of 6 September 2026.
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Article 17(d) permits, without the author's authorization, inserting quotations from a published work into another work for the purpose of illustration, explanation, argument, criticism, education, or experimentation, to the extent justified by the purpose and with the quoted work and its author named. The provision carries no headline-length or short-extract cap of its own and is not limited to press content.
Article 18 makes it unlawful to reproduce, in a newspaper or periodical, without the author's consent, serialized stories, news items, or any other work published in another newspaper or periodical. Article 18 separately permits a newspaper to reproduce another newspaper's articles on current political, economic, or religious affairs, provided the source newspaper has not expressly prohibited reproduction and the source is named.
This exception runs between newspapers and is an opt-out mechanism rather than a modern press-publisher neighbouring right. Article 19 permits publishing a speech, address, or interview already communicated to the public, without the author's authorization, provided the work and its author are named.
No provision read addresses hyperlinking, framing, or inline display, and no reported Jordanian decision applies any of these provisions to a systematic news aggregator rather than a newspaper or an individual quoting a published work.
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French-language text of the Copyright Protection Law, Law No. 22 of 1992 as amended, hosted by WIPO Lex
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