A sampling of our publisher / clients include Plexus Publishing, the publisher of Boardwalk Empire, the bestseller which served as the basis for the hit HBO series of the same name; HarperCollins, The Writer's Coffee Shop, original publishers of the international literary sensation Fifty Shades of Grey; and Ellora's Cave, formerly one of the largest independent romance publishers in the world. (smithpublicity.com)
At the time there was no word on who might be involved in this reboot, only that UK production company DNA Films was working with original publisher 2000 AD on it. (filmjunk.com)
A likely source of truly illegal copying would be re-publishing previously published works, e.g. Smith licenses the right to re-print a work from original publisher Jones. (law.stackexchange.com)