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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by stefan_ on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:42PM (#27739708)
That excerpt has its own Wikipedia page, of course it meets the threshold of originality. In any case, once you are discussing this, you have entered the area of fair use; that is an admission of copyright violation.
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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by mod50ack on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:04PM (#27739874)
Having a WP page isn't proof of threshold-passing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BACH_motif

But there is also actually an issue about laundering and what constitutes "use". But there is also de minimis to consider.

And EVERYTHING will depend on jurisdiction of course.

IANAL

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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by coldacid on Monday July 05, 2021 @05:34PM (#27742025)
Fair use is not a violation of copyright but a specified (and since 1976 statutory) exception to it. You are clearly impugning the doctrine with your comment.
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