Rami Olwan

Copyright laws in the Arabic countries differ to a large extent, but they can be categorized under three distinct groups. The first category is the countries with a low level of implementation and these include Sudan, Yemen, Palestine and Iraq. The other group is the middle level implementation and this includes those that made amendments to their copyright laws in nineties and have a medium level of copyright protection, and they are: Lebanon, Tunisia Qatar, Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E).