Ruling on Copying Computer Disk Programs
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on copying computer disk programs if they are expensive?
They undoubtedly incur great costs on the original producer, and they may set the price according to the costs. So, if you copy them and sell them for less, that is selling a Muslim against the sale of his brother. And if it is assumed that the producer is a non-Muslim, the non-Muslim and the one under a treaty have rights, and it is not permissible to encroach upon their rights. But if it is assumed that the original price is very, very high and that this organization has recovered more than it spent, then the government intervenes in the matter and forces the company to set a reasonable price, or else it raises its rights.
They undoubtedly incur great costs on the original producer, and they may set the price according to the costs. So, if you copy them and sell them for less, that is selling a Muslim against the sale of his brother. And if it is assumed that the producer is a non-Muslim, the non-Muslim and the one under a treaty have rights, and it is not permissible to encroach upon their rights. But if it is assumed that the original price is very, very high and that this organization has recovered more than it spent, then the government intervenes in the matter and forces the company to set a reasonable price, or else it raises its rights.