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Is it permissible to dispose of a CD that was purchased, given the condition that it not be copied or sold?

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The fatwa states that intellectual property rights, such as innovation and authorship rights, are owned by their creators and it is not permissible to infringe upon them. Producers of discs have the right to stipulate against their copying, and the buyer must adhere to this. The buyer owns the disc and the right to utilize its content, but does not own the right to dispose of it by copying. As for actions that do not involve infringing upon the producers' rights, the majority of scholars believe that producers do not have the right to stipulate against them. Merely clicking on a section icon does not constitute a valid oath in Islamic law, because an oath is only binding if it is pronounced verbally, or written with the intention [of making an oath].

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