But that also supports the original point: he was a nuisance to the US government and they are doing everything they can within the limit of the law (and politics) to get their hands on him. Lucky for him Russia is going through an angsty phase and is granting him asylum for the moment.
In this particular case of scraping and publishing the churn rate, no one really benefits. It was just one person/startup who felt like starting drama and didn't bother thinking about the consequences.
Leave the drama to the TV networks and tabloids.
Investors don't obviously have access to better numbers. Investors in privately held companies generally receive a very carefully groomed set of data. We hope the people compiling that information don't go out of their way to hide anything (although that happens). And we hope that the raw data is accurate (although this too is often distorted). But they probably don't go out of their way to dig up negative stuff. Smart investors definitely don't take a company's offered financials as their only source of information.
And WeWork intends to go public, possibly soon. Those people definitely don't have access to better numbers right now. And they might not get any. IPOs are carefully stage managed.
Laws and policies don't define your success in interacting with others - people do. Laws and policies are just a guide to limit (not allow for) other people's reactions to you being a nuisance.
You have no right claiming to be a victim if your only justification for what you've done is that it technically wasn't illegal and it was sort of allowed under policy that you've taken a very (conveniently) narrow interpretation of.
Here's a simple test for whether you should post something online: * Does it enrich the world that I share (gasp) with other people? * Does it enrich or at least have a neutral effect on my 'business' partners (including business, government, the mail man, and every other person who can make my life painful)? * Does it enrich me enough to be worth my time?
If the answer to any one of those things is 'no', step away from the keyboard and don't post. There are rare exceptions, but if you take the time to reflect and observe, you'll notice that a) the happy, successful people around you follow this rule and b) the dramatic, moody, perpetual victims of the world don't.
Make your choice.