Comment by geokon
Am I understanding it correctly. So internally if a company is using a competitor's stolen data directly, then if anyone finds out they're in legal trouble. But if they train a model and then use the model, then they're in the clear?
No. Maybe. It depends.
If the other party can prove you broke into their system then you've got a problem.
If you redistribute something that's copyrighted you've got a problem.
Merely possessing something isn't a problem in and of itself ... probably? Unless the other party can demonstrate damages at least.