Saudi Arabia
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Saudi Arabia stamps public domain?
No ruling on Saudi Arabia stamps specifically has been found, so the archive reads them under the country’s general copyright law.
The terms: 50 years after the death of a named designer; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in Saudi Arabia
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Saudi Arabia stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Saudi Arabia, and how it reaches a general answer from it. A design answers Likely yes or Likely no only when every term that could apply agrees, and Unclear when they disagree.
- Named designer
- 50 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 50 years from issue
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- Anonymous works had 25 years under the 1989 law, and the 2003 law did not restore them. An anonymous stamp published before 1400 AH (November 20, 1979) is in the public domain.
Historical issuers read under this law: Hejaz, Hejaz-Nejd, Nejd.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.