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Is it permissible to watch, listen to, and benefit from visual, audio, and written materials available on the internet, which are marked with "Copying or reproducing this material is prohibited without the publisher's permission," or "All rights reserved," without purchasing the original copy, given the financial inability to do so?

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The phrase "It is not permissible to copy or photograph the material except with the publisher's permission" does not apply to mere viewing, listening, or benefiting from it online. If the intention is to prohibit only publication and photography, and not personal use, then there is no harm in that. Some scholars have permitted the copying of copyrighted material for personal, non-commercial use.

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