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I wouldn't call it piracy. After all, it was given away. In the old days, books could be shared. I always exchanged books with a friend who had the same taste. Trying that today can be fraught with problems. Amazon addresses it somewhat with friends and family.
Other things have dropped by the wayside. Remember remaindered books? Books were sold at a low price at the end of a cycle and went out of print. Today, out of print is an anachronism. Even books that are out of copyright are given a new version and then sold at near list.
I think the question, based on publisher's greed, isn't if it was pirated but why isn't there more of it. Go look at Robert Heinlein books and their price as out of original copyright items. I have early published ones that I could scan and then share with a friend. Is that piracy?
From a legal view, how could what you did be proven? It was free at one time and who can say when you obtained it.
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