>We know this is illegal

>It's a CRYSTAL CLEAR violation of the law

in the court of reddit's public opinion, perhaps.

there is, as far as I can tell, no definite ruling about whether training is a copyright violation.

and even if there was, US law is not global law. China, notably, doesn't give a flying fuck. kill American AI companies and you will hand the market over to China. that is why "everyone just shrugs it off".