The Copyright Law No. 10 of the year 1993 governs the protections of Copyright in Bahrain and as of October 29, 1996 Bahrain has become a member to the Berne Convention.
In order to gain protection, the publishers of copyrightable works will have to deposit three copies of the work with the Copyright Protection Office at the Ministry of Information. Original works of literature, art and science regardless of type, importance or purpose are protectable. This includes works of art expressed in writing, sounds, drawings, photography and motion pictures, such as books, writings, speeches, oral works, plays, dramatic works, musical compositions, films, phonographic works, applied art, 3-D works maybe protected for the lifetime of the author plus 50 years following his/her death. Computer programs and software are protectable under the law for 40 to 50 years.
