I have no idea how they are doing it, but they are. I actually was chatting with a guy YEEEEEEARS ago... that deranged fan I was talking you about... I knew him as A SUPER FAN of the show and we were in contact because of instagram... and because we were flirting a bit online. When I mentioned to him that I had watched some 80s Bold episodes... he asked me WHERE THE HELL DO YOU HAVE THESE EPISODES from. Me, without knowing better - gave him the private playlist that someone else had shared with me. This fan then... just stopped responding for a while and after a couple of hours they messaged me something in the style of - I have reported the videos for copyright. These people should not have them up. It's not theirs... and you should not share the ones you have!
He was one step at asking me to DELETE my personal collection. ALL WHILE I KNEEEEEEW he had all the years of Bold recorded from his personal VHS tapes.
That playlist got down because of him and I was really shocked... that I had unknowingly helped a troll like that.
Then through the years I've seen people comment under videos that they will take them down... again - FANS OF THE SHOWS...