No, it shouldn’t be illegal. If it is inferior, they will lose sales and money.
Ralph Nader in 1967, 57 years ago, interviewed by Studs Terkel:
<https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ralph-nader-discusses-...>
Direct audio: <https://s3.amazonaws.com/wfmt-studs-terkel/published/11364.m...> (MP3)
(The segment is excellent, and whilst in many ways a historical document also strongly informs the recent past, immediate present, and I strongly suspect the future.)
The AWS back-end could be browsed or downloaded directly via AWS tools a ways back, and was about 600 GB last I'd checked. You'll have to sort out your own directory of content, however. Much of what's in there still isn't included in the official directory, again, at last check, though that includes numerous fragments and partial-tape interviews.
<https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/>
(Previous discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628701>.)
I wish world would work like this. Unfortunately it does not.