I'm not sure this is the best analogy. They aren't giving away some unsold that they no longer need, they are distributing copies. I think a more apt comparison

I'm not sure this is the best analogy. They aren't giving away some unsold that they no longer need, they are distributing copies. I think a more apt comparison would be a if I library was lending books then they were told they couldn't lend the books without having audio books to accompany all the paper books. Without adequate funding to do this they left all the books unguarded and waited for someone to come and photocopy all the books and distribute them without audio books.