Copyright remains with its owner and is not extinguished by its sale
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. An author sold a book to a second party through a definitive sale without any specification. He says: So, do the translation rights for this book belong to the author or to the buyer?
Answer:
The copyright belongs to the author. Copyright is not extinguished by the sale of the book; even if he sold it, the copyright remains. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. An author sold a book to a second party through a definitive sale without any specification. He says: So, do the translation rights for this book belong to the author or to the buyer?
Answer:
The copyright belongs to the author. Copyright is not extinguished by the sale of the book; even if he sold it, the copyright remains. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1902 -2802] حقوق التأليف تبقى لصاحبها ولا تسقط ببيعها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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