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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by lovich on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:53PM (#33458312)
That implies it’s a service I want, which I have not decided on in this situation. Either way I was more arguing with the other posters claim that it “didn’t make sense” to critique this move, which I think is factually incorrect since I can come up with a few plausible situations where it does make sense
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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by ImPostingOnHN on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:05PM (#33458491)
it doesn't imply it's a service you want, but rather, if you do want it, you can opt-in to the service by joining the lawsuit when the time comes

if you feel the class doesn't represent you, you can just not opt-in

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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by lovich on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:29PM (#33458800)
I perhaps wasn’t clear, I meant that I am not sure I want copilot constrained in this way. If I solidify that belief into definitely not wanting copilot constrained, then this would be a negative suit for me
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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday November 05, 2022 @03:10PM (#33484615)
understood, and there are others who do want it constrained this way, and their right to not be a victim of copyright infringement outweighs a desire to reap the gains of such infringement
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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by CobrastanJorji on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:42PM (#33469632)
Sadly, you've got it backwards. Class actions are opt-out. You're part of it unless you know about the settlement and contact them to let them know you're opting out of it.
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