GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright

Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by jazzyjackson on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:01AM (#27745759)

Sisqó had to settle with Ricky Martin for quoting "Living the vida loca", then there's the debacle around Katy Perry's Dark Horse...

Point is songwriters absolutely get litigious over reproducing small portions of their IP.

complex.com/music/majority-sisqo-thong-song-publishing-owned-by-writer-livin-la-vida-loca

huffpost.com/entry/katy-perry-dark-horse-lawsuit-payment_n_5d43d825e4b0acb57fca3ff2

factmag.com/2016/06/25/sampling-hip-hop-copyright/

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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by avaq on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:39AM (#27747666)

Yeah, I've heard about some of those cases. It's surprising how far copyright can be stretched sometimes.

What's more surprising is to see copyleft advocates positioned so strongly in favour of giving copyright that kind of reach. I think that in a different context, some of the cases you refer to would be used by these same copyleft supporters as examples of why copyright needs to be more weakly enforced, not more strongly.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by immibis on Friday July 09, 2021 @03:08PM (#27787347)

At the very least it should be consistent. If Microsoft can sue me for something trivial that probably shouldn't be illegal but is, then I can sue them for something trivial that probably shouldn't be illegal but is.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by cwillu on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @04:50PM (#27754056)

If I don't need your permission to do something with your work, then the conditions under which that permission is granted lose their force.

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