Is it permissible to download educational programming discs for free from the internet, knowing that I cannot afford to buy them, and that they are used for studying with the aim of obtaining a job? Is this considered personal benefit or an earning that leads to unlawful money?
The use of software in the manner described falls under personal, not commercial, use. We have favored a complete prohibition in this matter. As for the money earned from a degree, where the use of these discs was a cause for obtaining it, that money is permissible and not forbidden.
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