Sticking It to O.J. Simpson (Unfortunately Just Figuratively)

I think this is unethical, but considering the "victim" I'm all for it.

The book ["If I Did It"] -- in which [O.J.] Simpson wrote of how he might have killed Nicole Brown, his ex-wife, and Ron Goldman the night of June 12, 1994 -- prompted so much negative reaction that the original publisher, Judith Regan, was fired and hundreds of thousands of copies pulped.

[Goldman's father, Fred Goldman] then gained rights to the book under terms of the 1997 civil court judgment that held Simpson responsible for the murders, and arranged for it to be published again.

He hasn't changed a word of the text or the title. But, in a stinging bit of irony, he has reduced the size of the word "If" to the level of the microscopic. With the subtitle, the cover now appears to read: "I Did It: Confessions of the Killer." Goldman also added an introduction, prologue and afterword, by himself and others, that recasts Simpson's book as both an indictment and a confession by the man himself. The book will be in stores by this weekend, and more than 100,000 copies have already been ordered, according to Goldman's literary agent. The profits will go toward settling a minuscule fraction of the $38 million Simpson owes both Goldman's family and Nicole Brown's estate, which is devoted entirely to the two children she had with
Simpson.

The Washington Post's long and captivating story here. I'm curious about people's thoughts on this. Yeah, it's good to, uh, stick it to O.J., but there is something unsettling about taking another person's work and distorting it while keeping the original author's name on it.