Some of the content on JSTOR was actually public domain content. At the time, JSTOR did not make this publicly available. It is definitely debatable to consider

Some of the content on JSTOR was actually public domain content. At the time, JSTOR did not make this publicly available. It is definitely debatable to consider the downloading and distribution of public domain material to be robbery. Since then, JSTOR has released these documents freely themselves[1]. They have also stated that this was their intention all along. [1] http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor%E2%80%93free-access-early-journal-content-and-serving-%E2%80%9Cunaffiliated%E2%80%9D-users http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor%E2%80%93free-access-early-...