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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by blackbrokkoli on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:37AM (#33465560)
Fair theoretical point.

Please do name one industry, niche or platform where copyright does actually prevent this from happening in any meaningful way today.

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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday November 05, 2022 @05:42PM (#33486145)
use of GPL code in a subset (obviously not all) of proprietary software
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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by anikom15 on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:45PM (#33513612)
No. I’m not the one arguing for the system to change. It’s up to you to explain how my hypothetical scenario wouldn’t exist in a copyright-free world.
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