What is the ruling on publishing books on the internet without the permission of their owners?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh, he says: I am the manager of a publishing house in France, and we have activities in calling people to Allah. We translated some books by one of the Shaykhs into French after obtaining his permission. The question is: What is the ruling on some young people publishing this book of ours on the internet without taking permission from us, knowing that we are the owners of the rights to this translation?

Answer:
This is a dispute between you and them. The reference for this is the media authorities, meaning this falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Media. So this is a dispute between you and them. There is no doubt that the rights of justification and the rights of printing are preserved, and it is not permissible to encroach upon them. But if something happens between you, we refer it to the media authorities regarding the permission to open the books.