Rules and regulations of publishing and authorship in Yemeni law

Abstract

This paper aimed to shed light on the provisions of publishing and publications، by reviewing the Yemeni laws and legislation that organized them and clarified their provisions. Although the main goal of this study is to briefly present all of these legislations and introduce them to the research and academic community and other interested circles; However، stopping at the most important provisions included in those legislations is a goal that this paper also sought to achieve، with the consequent highlighting of the goals that the legislator sought from those provisions and texts as much as possible.

The study started from the most important Yemeni laws and legislation that dealt with the provisions of publishing and publications، which are three pieces of legislation: Press and Publications Law No. (25) of 1990 AD; Which regulated the provisions of printing presses and publishing houses، the rules regulating their work، the prohibitions that must be observed، and the Copyright and Related Rights Law No. (15) of 2012 AD; Which also included many provisions relating to authors، their rights، works and their types، and finally the Crimes and Punishments Code issued by Republican Decree Law No. (12) of 1994 AD; Which defined the crimes of publishing and publicity، the responsibility on their perpetrators، and arranged the penalties for them.

Finally، the study came out with a number of recommendations and proposed treatments، the most important of which are: continuing the efforts made to draw attention to the legislation under study، as this is an important part of legal awareness in this field. The study also recommended that writers، authors، and researchers be careful about the issue of the legal deposit of their writings in order to protect them from attack and strengthen their position in the event of The existence of any legal dispute later. In addition، the study recommended that journalists، writers، publishers، and printing press owners be fully aware of the terms and conditions according to which they must carry out their work، most important of which is the issue of publishing prohibitions، crimes، and penalties resulting from criminal and administrative liability for their perpetrators.