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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by kodah on Sunday October 16, 2022 @06:25PM (#33227713)
That's not even a joke. One of the premises of a copyright is that you defend your intellectual property or lose it. If the system were more equitable then it would defend your copyright.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by eropple on Sunday October 16, 2022 @06:28PM (#33227729)
This is an inaccurate description of copyright, at least in the United States.

Trademarks require active defense to avoid genericization. Copyright may be asserted at the holder's discretion.

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by heavyset_go on Sunday October 16, 2022 @06:46PM (#33227863)
You're thinking of trademarks.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by kodah on Monday October 17, 2022 @09:37PM (#33241963)
Ah! You're right.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by patmorgan23 on Sunday October 16, 2022 @07:40PM (#33228209)
Your point about losing copyright is incorrect. But copyright absolutely was designed with corporations in mind not small individual creators. It was designed around TV,Movies, and print publishers, not around YouTube and Patreon.
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