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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by xdennis on Monday July 05, 2021 @11:33AM (#27738987)
> you were trying to plagiarize in a roundabout way

So using machine learning with one movie is illegal, but using it with a million isn't?

Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by mthoms on Monday July 05, 2021 @11:58AM (#27739237)
Generally speaking - probably yes. That’s because the output would be (a) transformative and (b) not likely to affect the profitability of the original work (at least not directly).

Note: I’m not really trying to comment specifically about the code/movie examples - just the general notion that the more input there is (from different sources), the likelihood that the use will be considered “Fair Use” increases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use