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In very general terms, some say that if the author is selling his lectures, music, or computer program or the like, then there's a Halachic copyright. As such, it is a form of stealing to use the product without paying for it. If he is not selling it, however, or he doesn’t have any copies to sell, or you are not a potential costumer, the issue of a Halachic copyright does not apply. <ref>Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788264/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Copyright_Law shiur on yutorah.org, titled Copyright Law]</ref>
In very general terms, some say that if the author is selling his lectures, music, or computer program or the like, then there's a Halachic copyright. As such, it is a form of stealing to use the product without paying for it. If he is not selling it, however, or he doesn’t have any copies to sell, or you are not a potential costumer, the issue of a Halachic copyright does not apply. <ref>Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788264/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Copyright_Law shiur on yutorah.org, titled Copyright Law]</ref>
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* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788264/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Copyright_Law Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org] titled Copyright Law
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/752999/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Press_Conference-_The_danger_of_secular_college,_Being_balanced_in_one's_learning,_Kohanim_going_to_medical_school,_Copying_music_Cd's,_and_many_more_topics Rabbi Hershel Schachter] about copying CD music
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Revision as of 17:02, 10 May 2013

In very general terms, some say that if the author is selling his lectures, music, or computer program or the like, then there's a Halachic copyright. As such, it is a form of stealing to use the product without paying for it. If he is not selling it, however, or he doesn’t have any copies to sell, or you are not a potential costumer, the issue of a Halachic copyright does not apply. [1]

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References

  1. Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org, titled Copyright Law