No, that's the second part: restricting access. If a library would not allow a paying subscriber to lend books, they would break the contract. Same for bricked

No, that's the second part: restricting access. If a library would not allow a paying subscriber to lend books, they would break the contract. Same for bricked phones or DRM. But "piracy", is it's meant here, is the first part: lending/taking without paying. It's not meant as a blanket condemnation of piracy, and certainly not as support for subscription access, but as a counter-example against the headline: even if you don't own, piracy still can be stealing.