According to Eastern Orthodoxy, is googling the serial numbers of a software and using cracks a sin?
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Again, I am of the mindset that you should seek the advice of a spiritual father in your specific situation, but here is an official statement.
"The Bases of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church", adopted at the Sacred Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Β§ VII(3), elaborates on intellectual property, specifically stating:
The Church recognises the existence of various forms of ownership....
The intellectual property, such as scientific works and inventions, information technologies, works of art and other achievements of the creative thought acquires a growing significance. The Church welcomes the creative work aimed at benefitting society, and deplores the violation of copyright.
There are even examples where monasteries in the Russian Orthodox Church (albeit ROCOR in the linked example, but this distinction is no longer relevant) have taken legal action to protect their copyright to religious works (this action was taken in the USA).
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