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So a company created a product (videos) and now charges access to them.

You created a website that clearly utilizes the company's name and offers their product, which you acquired in a devious manner, for free.

What is ethically unclear about this situation?

The fact that it's publicly-accessible is irrelevant. If I leave my front door unlocked, does that give you a right to rob my house?

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It’s the age old question asked since the dawn of the internet: “How can i be doing anything bad, when stealing their content was easy?”

I’m starting to suspect the OP is the actual site owner and this is some attempt to drive traffic to his business by feigning as a bad actor trying to hurt said business.

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