However, at this point, I'm all for people distributing this by any means necessary for the greater good. It's time for this to be public domain and open source.
Agreed. People's lives are at play. These books are unique in the influence they might have over active JWs. I myself felt more comfortable reading these first before jumping onto the likes of jwfacts. Until the copyright owner makes a legit version available, I can't judge those that make the reading material available through other means.