Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot

Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by xyzzy_plugh on Saturday November 05, 2022 @11:19PM (#33488541)

> it matters whether or not the users actually keep the supposedly infringing code

That's not how this works.

If I give you a blob of uniformly random bits and then give you a passphrase you can use with a tool to turn that into a Hollywood movie, and you do so, and then you delete it, that isn't not copyright infringement.

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Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by drran on Sunday November 06, 2022 @03:57AM (#33490585)

> If I give you a ... Hollywood movie, ... that isn't not copyright infringement.

It is.

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Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by wizzwizz4 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:57AM (#33490923)

I'm no lawyer, but judging how people reacted to DeCSS (09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0, anyone?)… why do you say this isn't copyright infringement?

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