PIRATE EDITION / PIRATED EDITION

An edition of a book or work that is published without the authorization of the author or copyright holder. Typically, there is no payment by sum or royalties for the use of the work. 19th and 20th century piracies were sometimes born from lax or nonexistent copyright laws between British and European nations and the United States. Thomas Bird Mosher and Elbert Hubbard took advantage of this to publish both known and obscure works without the authorization of, or payment to, authors.