Abstract
Copyright is the right of
creation, created by the human brain and this type of property is protected
under copyright law just as physical property is protected by law. Copyright
infringement is considered a punishable offence and can be said to be a violation
of human rights in the eyes of Islamic Law. The main reason for these copyright
violations is the lack of clarity among students about the Islamic Law’s status
of copyright protection. The primary objective of this study is to find out how
copyright law is compliant with Islamic law. This is a qualitative study in the
form of a library survey. According to the findings of the study, the Copyright
Act No. 36 of 2003, which is in force in Sri Lanka comply with Islamic Law in
most cases In some places the fundamentals of the Shariah appear to be
inconsistent, such as the need to explicitly define rights within the law, such
as providing legal protection for Musical works, art, photographs, paintings,
and sculptures, as well as providing legal protection to the translation work
lead to the apostasy of Almighty, as well as the need to explicitly define the
rights to exchange and licensing copyright.
