Copyrights: Ruling on Compensation for Authors, Translators, and Artists

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Copyrights: Ruling on Compensation for Authors, Translators, and Artists

English:

Question #1328:

Is it permissible for authors, translators, and artists to claim to be remunerated for the time, money, and effort they put in such works?

Answer #1328:

It is within their right to demand from the publisher whatever they like for delivering their first original manuscript or piece of work to the publisher.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Copyrights