Is it permissible to benefit from educational papers uploaded by former students online, or must they be purchased from the original instructors?
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The old papers that teachers provided for free, and which students photographed and uploaded online, and the teachers did not object to that; there is no harm in benefiting from them. However, new papers require their permission, because intellectual property rights are protected by Islamic law.
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