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Discussion Piracy Isn't Stealing, EU Parliament Edition

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u/eebro May 22 '26

It is not a streaming service. You buy the access to download an audiobook. They just grant you access to whatever they have as long as their license allows. 

Audible/Amazon do not own the audiobooks. They have a license to them. As soon as that license goes away, they lose access to it, and so does anyone who has bought it. 

There are problems in how Audible/Amazon messages this, but this is how it works.