Many original WoW movie creators have given permission for archival. Some are even on Patreon. The ethical approach:

Never open old FTP repacks on your main OS. Use a VM (VirtualBox with Windows XP or 7) to inspect content.

Repacks were not just about piracy. They were about optimization. A raw Fraps recording of WoW gameplay could be 5 GB for 10 minutes. A repack encoded with DivX, XviD, or H.264 could shrink that to 200 MB with acceptable quality. Repack groups like CAPTURE, SAPHiRE, or DIMENSION were famous for this. For WoW movies, individual creators often repacked their own videos to fit on CD-Rs or USB drives.

The “Scene” (the organized, underground warez community) operated via topsites—high-speed FTP servers with multiple TB of storage. These servers were hierarchical: you had pre-dirs, release dirs, and user zones. A “Movie Zone” on a Scene FTP might contain CAMs, telesyncs, or DVDrips. A “WoW Movie Zone” would be a niche sub-section, often user-uploaded.

You can't get the original FTP, but you can recreate the experience:

Time is the enemy of any static server. A "Repack" is essentially a re-packaging of the server’s core data. This becomes necessary for several reasons:

Many original WoW movies have vanished from YouTube, WarcraftMovies.com, or Filefront due to copyright claims (music), site shutdowns, or broken links. FTP server repacks are one of the last places where original, un-watermarked, high-quality versions survive.