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Originally Posted by HarryT
Many authors give away their books for a limited period of time - look at all the "free" download offers in the Deal forum here at MR. The fact that an author chooses to give something away for a limited period of time doesn't place it in the public domain, and certainly doesn't give anyone to right to repost it without the copyright holder's permission.
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I'm not advocating violating a copyright, but it seems naive to release anything online except under a Creative Commons or GPL license.
I want to say that being offended and/or surprised in this case is an act, but maybe it's time to apply Hanlon's razor.