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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by shakow on Saturday July 03, 2021 @04:06PM (#27724457)
> Copyright has concluded that reading by robots doesn’t count.

Until someone trains a DNN to generate Mickey Mouse-like cartoons I assume.

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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by dmitriid on Saturday July 03, 2021 @04:10PM (#27724479)
There was a joke that all ML will be immediately banned the moment there's a Copilot for RIAA-licensed songs.
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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by lstodd on Saturday July 03, 2021 @07:20PM (#27725831)
There were at least three PoCs AFAIK. Surely there were more.

Problem is, the results too closely replicate the source, as in "Suck just as much". And thus there is no demand for this kind of thing.

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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by yencabulator on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:19PM (#27779191)
Nudge Copilot to produce Mickey Mouse as ASCII art.
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