Disclosure: I am neither a lawyer nor a religious scholar. These are just my own, personal thoughts related to the above comment. The same concept applies in

Disclosure: I am neither a lawyer nor a religious scholar. These are just my own, personal thoughts related to the above comment. The same concept applies in Islam and has been used to justify copyright for Islamic works, even audio recordings of Qur'an recitation, one of the most common Islamic media outside of books themselves. So, the idea makes sense from an Islamic perspective, but there is plenty of room for interpretation and also for different accommodations and adjustments depending on the situation. For example, it would be likely that a scholar would rule that strict copyright may be violated if the alternative, e.g., the complete loss of usefulness of an otherwise beneficial software, may be violated because the benefits outweigh the harm.