The researcher in this paper had committed himself to investigate the originality as a condition to protect intellectual property rights and the effect of the information technology on them, through the analysis and scrutiny of the originality condition as the fundamental element of protecting intellectual property rights especially author's rights (copyrights). This was carried out through a comparative study in the light of doctrinal views and national legislations as well as clarifying Latin and Anglo-Saxon philosophy in the interpretation and definition of this condition in order to indicate whether or not the information technology affects the traditional concept of the originality condition. Toward treating and analyzing this paper topic, it had been dealt with through three chapters. The first chapter was titled "originality in the light of doctrinal views"; the second was titled" originality in the light of comparative legislations"; and the third was titled "effect of the information technology on the traditional concept of originality condition". The researcher concluded the paper by a number of findings and recommendations that were made through scrutinizing, analyzing and criticizing the theme of the paper.