Seems clearly piracy to me. Using an internet archive for this purpose isn't any different from using a torrent site to obtain a "free" copy.
Just because something was on sale for free at one time doesn't mean that you are always entitled to a free copy. A lot of times there will be free giveaways for a limited time to build buzz around a book in the hope of being able to actually sell some copies later. If you didn't get it when it was offered for free then you are not entitled to have it for free later.
The attitude expressed in the OP seems awfully self serving.
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Originally Posted by Katsunami
... the logical followup is that the Way Back Machine itself is committing a copyright violation by keeping the old page and files on record and publicly available.
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Yes, that is the way I see it.