Is it permissible to profit from lessons prepared using pirated software, with the intention of purchasing the original software later from the earnings of these lessons, and does this entail sin?
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Our is that intellectual property rights are protected for their owners, and it is absolutely forbidden to infringe upon them by using pirated software. Whoever has used such software must seek absolution from its owners. As for considering the purchase of the original version as compensation for using pir pirated software, this matter is to be referred to experts and specialists in this field.
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