Plagiarism is simply theft, it is the worst kind of theft where a person takes another person's intellectual property/ideas and tries to pass them off as their own, in other words it is simply cheating themselves and to others. Plagiarism occurs in many fields such as writing, technology, theater production, architecture and many more... But in this essay we will focus on plagiarism in music, especially because in the Arab world people are still ignorant about this type of plagiarism, and there is no effective law that protects musicians from plagiarism. So how can a musician “quote” or use a piece of music without plagiarizing it, and which cultures are notorious for plagiarism? To answer the first part of the question, musicians can in fact use music produced by others without falling into the trap of plagiarism, this happens through "SAMPLING". Sampling It is when a musician takes a part of a sound record and reuses it as a sound record or as an instrument in a different song, after 1980 the act of sampling has been organized thanks to laws and regulations according to which the musician must obtain permission or purchase the rights to the piece from the original composer. On the other hand, plagiarism occurs when the musician uses the recording and represents their own original work. Although in most first world countries musical plagiarism is illegal, there is one exception and that is in the jazz genre; Jazz musicians, especially when improvising pieces of music, are not accused of plagiarism if it occurs, because it is not intentional. And even some Arab legends have been wrongly accused of plagiarism while performing improvised live shows such as Mohammad Abed AL-Wahab. Most people accuse contemporary musicians of plagiarism and acc...... middle of paper ......ies , government or politician. This proves once again that in Lebanon and unfortunately there are no laws that protect music. Furthermore, many Lebanese singers have adopted the tradition of stealing Turkish music and one of those singers, none other than Wael Kfoury, where most of his songs are based on the music of the Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises, one of the songs was "Tabki Al Touyour 2006" and was based on "Selam Olsun 1999". Another Arab singer who stole music is Ruby, her song “Michit Wara E7sasy” was taken from the Turkish song “Ezel” performed by Kim Zerar. Finally, like other creative works, music is protected by copyright laws in many countries and by international laws. Berne Convention: International agreement governing copyright in artistic and literary works, 1886, but the question is when will be the time to fully apply those laws in the Arab world ?