--- title: Pirating Software | daily.dev description: A casual conversation about digital ownership and piracy, sparked by Amazon and Sony removing purchased content from users' libraries. The speakers argue that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pirating-software-8oftao65h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pirating Software | daily.dev og:description: A casual conversation about digital ownership and piracy, sparked by Amazon and Sony removing purchased content from users' libraries. The speakers argue that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pirating-software-8oftao65h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8oFTAo65H.png og:image:alt: Pirating Software og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pirating Software **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A casual conversation about digital ownership and piracy, sparked by Amazon and Sony removing purchased content from users' libraries. The speakers argue that when platforms can revoke access to content you've paid for, piracy becomes a rational response rather than theft — and that this behavior undermines trust in the current digital distribution system. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion—Unless You Self‑Host](https://daily.dev/posts/ownership-of-digital-content-is-an-illusion-unless-you-self-host-ftydxp9oj) · It's Foss · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [You will own nothing and be \(un\)happy](https://daily.dev/posts/you-will-own-nothing-and-be-un-happy-3sanpmtup) · Hacker News · 4 upvotes · 2 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pirating-software-8oftao65h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Pirating Software","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pirating-software-8oftao65h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pirating-software-8oftao65h"},"datePublished":"2026-07-24T13:24:49.644Z","dateModified":"2026-07-24T13:25:03.077Z","description":"A casual conversation about digital ownership and piracy, sparked by Amazon and Sony removing purchased content from users' libraries. The speakers argue that...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NFzSRSlRvA8/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NFzSRSlRvA8/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ThePrimeTime","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ThePrimeTime","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--J5-GjDeo--/f_auto/v1704628081/logos/primeagen.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pirating-software-8oftao65h","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Pirating Software","description":"A casual conversation about digital ownership and piracy, sparked by Amazon and Sony removing purchased content from users' libraries. The speakers argue that...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NFzSRSlRvA8/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-24T13:24:49.644Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/8oFTAo65H","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NFzSRSlRvA8"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ThePrimeTime","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pirating Software"}]} ```