Is using a paid program unofficially, a practice that is widespread and known to the program developers, considered forbidden (haram) and theft?
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It is not permissible to resort to stratagems to use programs whose producers prohibit their use without a financial subscription. This is because the rights of innovation and production are owned by their creators, and violating these rights is a forbidden aggression, akin to theft. The widespread nature and commonality of such deceptive methods do not make them permissible in Islamic law.
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