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Is it permissible to pirate expensive scientific articles that are essential for completing a doctoral thesis, given the lack of funds to purchase them, and would doing so be considered withholding knowledge?

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If the authors of articles and studies do not permit their free availability, then it is not permissible to obtain them through unlawful means such as piracy.

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