The Ministry of Culture and Information has continued its efforts in combating violations of the regulations of copyright, publishing and printing in trade shops, institutions and companies. The Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry for Internal Information Abdulrahman Al-Hazza' pointed out that the Committees of Reviewing Violations of Copyright, and Printing and Publishing have issued more than 100 decisions in the first half of this year including fines exceeding SR 1 million, the closure of some shops and the confiscation and destruction of thousands of violating materials.