But so much was lost from not simply uploading it somewhere from an internet cafe.
It enters the same ethical flexibility as things like wikileaks in my opinion
The number of hopeless herbs on here who have so thoroughly internalized "legal == moral" is depressing.
I agree with you, it is completely unethical and totally self-serving.
It's not their property, it's copyrighted. He indeed had no right to publish the contents but also no obvious obligation to return it. IMO he did a lame thing, the only worse option being uploading it anywhere before the © expires and getting into legal trouble.