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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by tovej on Monday July 05, 2021 @11:31AM (#27738968)
Would it? What would the threshold be? Twenty lines copied verbatim? Ten lines copied verbatim? What about boiler plate like ten #include statements at the beginning of a file? Or licenses in comments? What if someone has a one-liner that's unique enough to be protected by copyright?
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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by hobs on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:44PM (#27739727)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_...

I think that was a big part of the Google Vs Oracle case - how much copying constitutes an infringement?

It looks like they made a fairly complex rubric to apply in the future, it appears it would be on a case by case basis.

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