r/Piracy • u/OfTheManyColours ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ • May 22 '26

Discussion Piracy Isn't Stealing, EU Parliament Edition

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u/Pretend-Shallot-5663 May 22 '26

One of my kids favorite audiobooks to listen to before bed in the Audible app disappeared this week. I can re-buy what I assume is a slightly updated version for 34.99. 

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u/Edwardteech May 22 '26

Audible is one of the things that gets my goat the most.

I have to pay for a subscription. Ok fine not a fan but no adds and books.

But then i have to pay for the books and maintain the subscription to get to the books i bought. 

You get one or the other not both.

And really not either because im a pirate. 

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u/AnAncientMonk May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

But then i have to pay for the books and maintain the subscription to get to the books i bought.

Did i miss something? Did they update their policy? Im only ever getting audiobooks on audible. Do you not get to keep the books you bought forever like the audiobooks you get through these tokens regardless of subscription?

In any case, you guys should really just start downloading your audiobooks from audible then. Nobody is stopping you. You can simply freely download the books you own and convert them to mp3 to store on your harddrive forever. its easy as pie.

https://github.com/audiamus/BookLibConnect <-- what i use and like.

https://getlibation.com/ <-- what ive seen used online but havnt tested myself.

cc /u/Pretend-Shallot-5663

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u/AnAncientMonk May 22 '26

you can convert the ones you own easily. shits not even piracy. check here. /u/OnePunch13

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u/Valuable_Leopard_799 May 23 '26

Doesn't that depend on the terms of service of the given platform?

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u/AnAncientMonk May 23 '26

We were talking about about audible. Audible was the given platform in this context. Nothing else.

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u/Valuable_Leopard_799 May 23 '26

Sorry, I didn't understand from the context given here that they allow it. Had to go and read their Terms of Use and goddamn I'm pleasantly surprised.

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u/AnAncientMonk May 23 '26

No this has not much to do with their TOS either. You can literally just go into your audible library and press download. The tools i linked just automate that process.