That doesn't make a good anaology to the web.
There is not "honor system" on the web and there never has been. Publishing on the web means putting something someplace where "other" (in unix terms) can read it. Period.
If this was not the case, how would you know ANY page you visit isn't beta? I view a story on an online newspaper—is it the real story, or an internal version waiting for fact checking or editing? How would I possibly know?
The owner has 100% control of who can see what files. In this case they CHOSE to publish it in the hopes no one would find it I guess.
I guess the magazine analogy would be this. You have a magazine with a big graphic on the front that says "FREE! Take me!" on it. You don't put it on the front shelf, but put some other magazines that cost money on top of it hoping no one notices it.
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