Presents and Gifts: Ownership of Copyright After Donating Personal Belongings to a Spouse

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Presents and Gifts: Ownership of Copyright After Donating Personal Belongings to a Spouse

English:

Question #1739:

A person donated all his possessions inside his house to his wife. Among them was a book he wrote. Has the wife the copyright of the book or should it be the common ownership of all the inheritors?

Answer #1739:

The copyright of the book belongs to the person who owns it. So, if the author, during his lifetime, gave the book to someone or directed in his will that it would be his and the intended person took possession of the book, all rights concerning the book belong to him.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Presents and Gifts