Well, think of Karen McFaddyon's (sp?) fic. She posted them on the internet once, so of course it's okay to mail them around and post them as zip-files. Nevermind that the author herself has repeatedly asked not to do that.

Apparently, once it's on the internet, everyone owns it. Hey, someone should tell certain US-American factions that the internet is the new communist threat. That'd be fun to watch.