PERFORMANCE OR COMMUNICATION OF WORKS IN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
A. ANALYSIS [1] Out of the 17 countries studied, we found 10 whose copyright laws contain an exception designed to allow the performance or communication of works in educational establishments: – Algeria (Article 44) – Bahrain (Article 27) – Egypt (Article 171(1)) – Iraq (Article 12) – Jordan (Article 17(1)) – Lebanon (Article 32) – Morocco (Article 23(b)) – Oman (Article 20(6) (b)) – Saudi Arabia (Articles 15(8) of the Law and 14(1) of the Regulations) – United Arab Emirates (Article 22(6)) The following points will be taken up: 1. The rights in question 2. Purpose and place of the performance or communication of a performance 3. Persons exempted 4. Works likely to give rise to the exception 5. Other conditions 1. THE RIGHTS IN QUESTION For all of the Arab countries whose laws make provision for this exception, it is the right of public performance that forms the subject matter of the exception. 2. …
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