What is the ruling on making a large number of copies of tapes whose rights are reserved for charitable distribution without seeking profit from them?
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Question:
He says: An Islamic tape, whether it is a video or a cassette, and as you know, it is divided into lectures, lessons, and sermons. At the end of the tape, there is a warning against copying it except with the owner's permission, and the copyright is reserved. My question is: I work in a government department that has cassette and video recordings, which are specific to the department. A large group of employees or residents in the work area come to us with the intention of buying the tape in large quantities at nominal prices for distribution to others, and the profit from this work does not go to the employees involved. What is the ruling on this work?
Answer:
It is not permissible as long as the owner of the tape says it is not permissible except with his permission. Therefore, it is not permissible to copy it except with his permission, because this is his work, he exerted effort in it, and he is the one who recorded it. It is like a book; the book also has its printing rights reserved, and it is not permissible for anyone to take the book and print it without the author's permission. This is the same case. These are people's rights, and it is not permissible to encroach upon them. Also, the recording in an administrative device that was not intended for recordings is established only for the needs of the department, so do not record anything on it that is specific to you or to someone else. If you have a desire to do recordings, open a shop outside the government department, a private shop, obtain a license for it, and open it.
He says: An Islamic tape, whether it is a video or a cassette, and as you know, it is divided into lectures, lessons, and sermons. At the end of the tape, there is a warning against copying it except with the owner's permission, and the copyright is reserved. My question is: I work in a government department that has cassette and video recordings, which are specific to the department. A large group of employees or residents in the work area come to us with the intention of buying the tape in large quantities at nominal prices for distribution to others, and the profit from this work does not go to the employees involved. What is the ruling on this work?
Answer:
It is not permissible as long as the owner of the tape says it is not permissible except with his permission. Therefore, it is not permissible to copy it except with his permission, because this is his work, he exerted effort in it, and he is the one who recorded it. It is like a book; the book also has its printing rights reserved, and it is not permissible for anyone to take the book and print it without the author's permission. This is the same case. These are people's rights, and it is not permissible to encroach upon them. Also, the recording in an administrative device that was not intended for recordings is established only for the needs of the department, so do not record anything on it that is specific to you or to someone else. If you have a desire to do recordings, open a shop outside the government department, a private shop, obtain a license for it, and open it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم نسخ كمية كبيرة من الأشرطة محفوظة الحقوق للتوزيع الخيري بدون تحقيق مكسب منها؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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