If we are discussing ethics, it might be interesting to have some details on JSTOR's finances. As a non-profit charity, such figures may inform our judgements...
I did one of my little Form 990 readthroughs on wikien-l: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2011-July/109234.html
EDIT: librarian Andrew Gray did the same thing with an earlier filing; noticed some things I didn't, like how few articles they sell to the general public: http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2011/jstor-where-does-your-money-go/
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6554331/Papers_from_Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society__fro
Greg Maxwell is torrenting 33Gib of public domain JSTOR documents that were behind paywalls.
What's your take on this, ethically, legally, etc?
ETA: More on this: http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/pirate-bay-jstor/