Copyrights: Ruling on Reprinting an Author’s Work Without Prior Agreement

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Copyrights: Ruling on Reprinting an Author’s Work Without Prior Agreement

English:

Question #1330:

Suppose that the author did not specify anything regarding the subsequent editions, is it permissible for the publisher to reprint the material with neither his permission nor paying him for it?

Answer #1330:

If the contract signed between the two parties is confined to printing the first edition only, it is a caution to preserve his right and ask his permission for the subsequent editions.

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