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ŠERIJATSKOPRAVNI TRETMAN AUTORSKIH PRAVA
COPYRIGHT TREATMENT UNDER SHARI’AH LAW

Author(s): Ahmed Purdić
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Islamski pedagoški fakultet Univerziteta u Zenici
Keywords: Islamic law academy; copyright; fatwa

Summary/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.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 227-238
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bosnian