Laws Article 15: (Bis) Exceptions to the exclusive rights of the author shall not be limited to certain special cases that do not conflict with the normal use of the work, and do not cause unreasonable prejudice to the legitimate interests of the right holder. Article 16 Newspapers, radio and television may publish by way of information, without the author’s permission, the speeches that are read in the public sessions of political, administrative or judicial councils, as well as what is delivered in public meetings of a political nature as long as these speeches are addressed to the people. Article 17 In the cases provided for in the two previous articles, the author alone shall have the right to publish collections of his/ her speeches or articles. Article 18 The author's heirs alone may decide to publish his/ her works that were not published in his/ her lifetime, unless the author recommends something to the contrary, provided that if the author set a date for publication, the work may not be published before the passage of aforementioned date. Article 19: provisions related to the Article The author's heirs alone shall have the right to exercise the financial usufruct rights stipulated in Articles (7), (8) and (10) of this law, and if the work is joint and one of the authors dies Official Gazette of Iraqi Issue No. (1957) 7 Date: 21/01/1971