Downloaded tricks as contest prizes?

[Mark]

Is it okay to give downloaded files away in your contests, even if you purchased those files yourself?

Personally, I'm really against this for the simple reason that you are duplicating the file in question. It's not that you buy a DVD and give this away, you are actually keeping a copy of it for yourself. And since the contest is public, you basically share the file publicly too rather than it being private. Anyone is able to win.

If only people who'd do so, would have purchased the file the amount of times they are giving it away as a prize. But no, it's just another way to not spend any money on prizes and to get known on the internet for having a so called good heart because the people joining don't know any better.

But hey, that's just my opinion. What about yours? Please don't hold back because I said such things. You are very allowed to give your own opinion.