Is it possible that you read The Right to Read by Richard Stallman?

It covers the same theme, though it doesn't match all details of your story.

In The Right to Read, Dan helps his friend Lissa by loaning her his copy of a book - loaning is illegal. Lissa and Dan end up migrating to Tycho on Luna. The right to read was one of the aims of an uprising.

The story was written in response to the concept of "digital rights management" (DRM.)

DRM is called "digital restrictions management" by its opponents.

Is it possible that you read The Right to Read by Richard Stallman?

It covers the same theme, though it doesn't match the details of your story.

In The Right to Read, Dan helps his friend Lissa by loaning her his copy of a book - loaning is illegal. Lissa and Dan end up migrating to Tycho on Luna. The right to read was one of the aims of an uprising.

The story was written in response to the concept of "digital rights management" (DRM.)

DRM is called "digital restrictions management" by its opponents.