I forgot where I got this, but it is from fediverse

Not a bad thing IMHO. Reminds me of the very old youtube

You weren’t kidding when it says NSFW

Wait until all the manga and anime can no longer be accessed by piracy and their sales go down or marketing budget goes skyrocket

I am as muslim but not a scholar. You know what that means so be warned. I think it falls under the same as marriage where the necessity and law is dependent on your situation. It could be mubah, makruh, or haram. I think there is no situation where it could be halal unless somehow your life is threatened without pirating. I cannot equate it to stealing with my limited knowledge because with stealing, there are actual lost not just potential lost. And we already have ruling about speculation / unrealized gain

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Nope. Islam does not have the concept of corporate personhood. It does have the concept of long-after-dead possession (although not strictly owned by said person). When you donate your wealth to the ummah (term for muslim as a whole, usually represented by a government or organization) in the form of wakaf, that wealth may not be re-sold/re-inherited. The wealth is still “attached” to you in a sense and very different from the usual infaq/shadaqa