Is it permissible to use a pirated version of Office for writing reports and designing presentations and tables, and is working with it lawful, discussing the view of those who permit using the program if it is highly probable that the company has sold enough to cover its costs and provide a reasonable profit?
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Earning money through pirated software is forbidden in Islamic law because it infringes upon the rights of others. As for the evidence supporting the view that permits copying software, it is based on the premise that no harm befalls the company if it has recouped its capital along with a reasonable profit, especially in cases of dire need to copy the program. It must be noted that the issue of intellectual property rights is a contemporary matter, one of the modern "Nawazil" (new emergent issues) that earlier scholars had no prior knowledge of.
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