I'd argue it is possible. If a person pirates an album of an artist, that person now owns the album as if they would have paid money for it (from back in the it

I'd argue it is possible. If a person pirates an album of an artist, that person now owns the album as if they would have paid money for it (from back in the itunes times). Same for an ebook, a game, a movie, ... You are describing mostly services, where the intellectual property of the product is of no interest to the buyer (e.g. the average Spotify user has no desire to access their codebase or recommendation engine). Buying a game after pirating has no impact on the product you have today, you already own the intellectual property as is.