Copyrights: Ruling on Rights and Payment When the Author Is Absent or Deceased

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Copyrights: Ruling on Rights and Payment When the Author Is Absent or Deceased

English:

Question #1331:

In case the compiler is absent due to travel, death or the like, who should one approach for permission to reproduce his work and to whom should the money be paid?

Answer #1331:

In this case, one must, by caution, approach the compiler’s representative or shar‘ī guardian. In the event of his death, his heirs’ permission must, by caution, be obtained.

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