Is it permissible to read books that have been copied and are available for free online, knowing that they were copied without the owner's knowledge from an encrypted copy?
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If a work is published without its owner's permission, their rights are reserved for them, and reading or publishing it without their permission is considered an infringement. Some scholars have permitted this for personal use, provided it is not a means of earning money and is limited to what is necessary.
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