Is it stealing...

is it stealing if Heather and I have all of the free movie channels by some accident, but we're not paying for them?

In the literal sense of the word, yes it's a crime because we're enjoying something that doesn't belong to us, and we're not paying to use it, even if the fault for us to have it lays with Comcast

But what exactly are we stealing? Theft of jewelry is easy enough to prove: It was here, in my drawer, and now he has it in his hands. Theft of ideas is easy enough to prove: I wrote this book and he copied my words verbatim without attributing me, and is making money off of it.

But what about here? In this instance, who's the losing party?

I suppose you could say that Comcast licenses these movie services from the channels themselves, and expects compensation in return for making them available, but do they pay a flat fee, or a per-user rate? If it's flat-fee than Comcast alone is losing the money. If it's per-user than both the movie channels and Comcast lose money.

But still, what's the tangible item we're taking, if any?

More importantly, should I call and let them know that we've got them for free, or wait until they discover it themselves?