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Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by moyix on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:20PM (#27718864)
Surely you would have to sue the people using the tool to produce verbatim copies of code, not the creator of the tool?
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Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by Spivak on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:40PM (#27718945)
I would think it's more complicated when the tool is the thing spitting out the verbatim copies of code. Both the tool and the developer are independently distributing copyrighted code that neither of them have the rights to distribute.
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Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by lumost on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:44PM (#27718958)
why? one could easily claim that if the tool is reproducing the contents of copyrighted works they are a "distributor". Subjecting the makers of the tool/distributor too much higher copyright infringement claims.
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