Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy...
by bcrosby95 on Sunday October 16, 2022 @05:58PM
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I look at IP differently.
For copyright, the act of me creating something doesn't deprive you of anything, except the ability to consume or use the thing I created. If I were influenced by something, you can still be influenced by that same thing - I do not exhaust any resources I used.
This is wholely different from physical objects. If I create a knife, I deprive you of the ability to make something else from those natural resources. Natural resources that I didn't create - I merely exploited them.
Because of this, I'm fine with copyright (patents are another story). But I have some issues with physical property.
For copyright, the act of me creating something doesn't deprive you of anything, except the ability to consume or use the thing I created. If I were influenced by something, you can still be influenced by that same thing - I do not exhaust any resources I used.
This is wholely different from physical objects. If I create a knife, I deprive you of the ability to make something else from those natural resources. Natural resources that I didn't create - I merely exploited them.
Because of this, I'm fine with copyright (patents are another story). But I have some issues with physical property.