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COPYRIGHT TREATMENT UNDER SHARI’AH LAW

By
Ahmed Purdić
Ahmed Purdić
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Islamic pedagogical faculty in Zenica,

Abstract

This paper examines the treatment of copyright under Shari’ah law. In the first part of the paper, occasions and time in which copyright is mentioned are indicated, as well as the first works on copyright in Shari’ah law. Then, the three institutions which apply collective ijtihaad are presented, as well as their attitudes towards the copyright issue. After that, the most mentioned evidences for and against copyright protection are elaborated. In the end, attitudes of scholars towards authoritativeness of rulings of Islamic law academies are presented. Keywords: Islamic law academy, copyright, fatwa

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