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Hugging Face themselves did say the takedown request was not a formal legal request from the get go:

"Company StabilityAI has requested a takedown of this published model characterizing it as a leak of their IP

While we are awaiting for a formal legal request, and even though Hugging Face is not knowledgeable of the IP agreements (if any) between this repo owner (RunwayML) and StabilityAI, we are flagging this repository as having potential/disputed IP rights. [...]"

They didn't hint at an account hijacking by a third party if that's what your team intended to convey to them however.

To add to that, your CIO addressed the community at the time and characterized RunwayML in the following terms: "[...] We also won't stand by quietly when other groups leak the model in order to draw some quick press to themselves while trying to wash their hands of responsibility."