Provided are methods and systems for providing digital content based on a social relationship. Computer-implemented methods include dividing digital content into a plurality of fragments based on a determined division unit of the digital content, providing direct ownership of a first one of the plurality of fragments to a primary user in response to a request from the user, providing indirect ownership of a second one of the plurality of fragments to the primary user based on at least one secondary user having a social relationship with the primary user and the at least one secondary user having direct ownership of the second one of the plurality of fragments, and providing access to the digital content based on a set of fragments of the plurality of fragments that the primary user has direct ownership or indirect ownership of.