Abu Dhabi: Cyber criminals in the Gulf region will face a difficult time as Gulf states prepare unified action on cyber crime law. A GCC conference held in Abu Dhabi yesterday called upon member countries to adopt a treaty to combat cyber crimes.
"The conference recommended that GCC countries ... make a treaty on cyber crimes," said Justice Dr Mohammad M. Al Kamali, Director of the Institute of Training and Judicial studies in Abu Dhabi.
Mohammad Bin Nakhira Al Daheri, Minister of Justice, inaugurated the conference."The treaty or convention is essential because the GCC countries (except the UAE) have not enacted a comprehensive cyber law," pointed out Justice Dr Kamali.
"The UAE was the first country that enacted a comprehensive cyber law among the Gulf states. The law no: 2, 2006 has been working well against cyber crimes in the country. The conference was convened mainly to share the experience of the UAE law with other GCC states," said Dr Kamali.
"So the conference called upon other GCC states to enact a comprehensive cyber law, as the UAE did."
Piracy: Software companies suffer heavy losses
Pirated software causes a heavy financial loss for software companies worldwide, said an official at Microsoft. "Member companies of Business Software Alliance (BSA) lost around $40 billion (about Dh146.9 billion) in 2006," said Jawed Al Redha, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Manager at Microsoft."
The UAE has enacted an effective copyright law. The Economic Department ... takes strict action against piracy under the law."
