Streaming technology and accessing media is convenient, but the eases of access, have not changed the underlying rules regarding copyright and public performances of such works.

Copyright laws governing the scope of protection for authors such as the minimum duration of rights are largely normalized in international treaties.

There are dynamic, entrepreneurial, and innovative publishers at work throughout the Arab world, and there’s a growing awareness in some of the region’s governments of the need to support them and to help build an ecosystem in which they can thrive.