So basically most Muslim scholars say piracy is forbidden cause it's a form of stealing. The basics argument is taking anything from anyone without thier consent is morally wrong and haram. If someone makes anything like a book, game or software and he sells it you shouldn't pirate it unless they agree to give it for free.

There are exceptions for that, for example if you need a book or a course but you can't afford it you can pirate it on the promise that you'll give it's honor the money once you've it. Also, concealing knowledge is a sin in islam, so it's permitted to pirate books and courses if the platform had banned your country ips for example or you can't pay because us sanitation or if a state try to hide a boom for example or it's owner refused to share knowledge and decided to not sell his book anymore. but if it's available for sale it's haram to pirate it against it's owner will.

How do you guys argue against these fatwas? Are there fatwas that make piracy halal? Why do you think it's halal if you do?

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[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 hours ago

My stance on the ethics of piracy is - the procurement of something is based on what is a fair value.

I think what you're describing is a transactional dynamic, rather than an ethical one:

If you are hungry and someone has infinite loaves of bread, but they are charging £100 per loaf, you can choose not to buy one from them. But is it ethical that they are charging £100 for them? In this case, I would argue that the morally right thing to do would be for the seller to accept what you can afford, and for you to offer what is fair.

Artificial scarcity and extortion are two sides of the same coin IMO.