Chapter Two
Protection of Works of Public Property & Traditional Cultural Heritage
Article 139: The National Bureau of Copyrights and Neighboring Rights shall protect works of
public property and traditional cultural heritage.
Article 140: The utilization of works mentioned in Article 139 above shall be subject to a license
from the National Bureau of Copyrights and Neighboring Rights.
However, if the utilization is profitable, the National Bureau shall receive a royalty to be
calculated in proportion to the revenues or arbitrarily calculated as per the terms specified in the
collection system thereof.
The royalty mentioned in the previous paragraph shall be allocated to finance counting and
maintaining works.
Article 141: The National Bureau shall control the extent of appropriate utilization of works
provided for in Article 139 herein, and shall be free to reject or suspend each utilization that is
detrimental thereto.
Article 142: Each user of works provided for in Article 139 herein shall respect the integrity of
these works and shall be keen to notify them to public subject to the originality thereof.
PART SIX
PROCEDURES & PENALTIES
Chapter One
Civil Lawsuit
Article 143: The judicial lawsuit to compensate damages resulting from unlicensed utilization of
the author’s work and the performance of the neighboring rights owner shall be the jurisdiction
of the civil judicial authorities.
Article 144: The rights’ owner who has incurred damage may ask the competent judicial
authority to take procedures that prevent imminent infringement of his rights or stop such visible
infringement and compensate for damages incurred thereto.
The compensations shall be estimated in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Law subject
to the gains earned from rights infringement.
Article 145: The judicial police officers or sworn assistants associated with the National Bureau
of Copyrights and Neighboring Rights shall inspect the infringement of authors’ rights or
neighboring rights.
Article 146: In addition to the judicial police officers, sworn assistants associated with the
National Bureau of Copyrights and Neighboring Rights shall be entitled, in a precautionary
capacity, to seize copies of counterfeit works or performances mediums, provided that they are
placed under the National Bureau custody.