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Originally Posted by GeoffR
Whether it is legal or not I don't think publishers should do it. Any association with pirates can do only harm to the publisher's reputation and undermine their own appeals to readers about buying from legitimate sources.
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Most of the pirate copies I've encountered have been offered for free via anonymous download/filesharing services. I was making my suggestion based on the pirate getting no monetary compensation -- or publicity, for that matter.
But if they provide a source that a legitimate rights holder can utilize as a step towards a finished product, I'm okay with that.