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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by Rodeoclash on Sunday October 16, 2022 @05:12PM (#33227249)
This isn't a legal copyright claim, it's a "YouTube" copyright claim which is entirely owned and enforced by YouTube.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by insanitybit on Sunday October 16, 2022 @05:17PM (#33227284)
OK but then we're just talking about content moderation, which seems like a separate issue. I think using "YouTube copyright claim" as a proxy for "legal copyright claim" is more to the parent's point, especially since that's how YouTube purports the claim to work. Otherwise it feels irrelevant.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by cipherboy on Sunday October 16, 2022 @05:28PM (#33227348)
Copyright claims are a form of content moderation, by preventing reuse of content that others own.

But it can still be weaponized to prevent legitimate resubmissions of parallel works, that can potentially deplatform legitimate users, depending on the reviewer and the clarity of the rebuttal.

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by lupire on Sunday October 16, 2022 @05:51PM (#33227483)
YouTube does this moderation in order to avoid legal pressure from copyright holders, as in

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_International_Inc._v.....

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