Ya, Harmony Gold is now violating US Copyright law. If they aren't willing to abide by it, why should we respect their rights, especially the ones that they may or may not actually have.
my 2 cents, what is this an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, just be better tha hg and boycott them, or do your best to inform the public and the victim of the copyright infringement. but by bootlegging you are only hurting big west and not hg so much.