TheGirlNextDoor asked, "I wonder if Watchtower issued a "worldwide cease and desist" order to stop the proliferation of mass distribution of their copyrighted publications, documents, and other files, if it would have any effect on the ExJW community who largely engages in the practice?"
Possibly such a move by the WTB&TS would reveal:
1. The degree to which "Jah's Borg" has been harmed by those practicing such things, and would
2. Encourage the unauthorized release of even more such info.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
It is when those with cranial termite infestations violate the rights of those with whom they claim to be friends that the GAC (Global Apostate Community) offers a collective "WTF?"
If you think this is hypocritical, you are using Vulcan logic.