Law No. 15 of 2012 on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights, news exclusion and press-review exceptions (Arts. 5(3), 40(3), 41(A))
Law No. 15 of 2012 on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights, arts. 5(3), 40(3), 41(A)
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In force since 22 July 2012.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 5(3) excludes the news of incidents or events that is merely media descriptive material from copyright protection, so a bare news item is never a protected work under Yemeni law, whoever reports it first. Article 40(3) permits quoting items or excerpts from another work for the purpose of clarification, explanation, or critique, with due reference to the source and author, and states that this exception applies to items taken from articles and journalist periodicals.
Article 41(A) permits, without the author's or right holder's permission, copying a newspaper, an article in an economic, political, or religious periodical, or a broadcast program of a similar nature, or transferring that article or program to the public, in cases where the right to copy or transfer it to the public is not explicitly reserved for the author or the right holder, with due reference to the source and author.
What it reaches
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statute
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Snippet reproduction
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