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Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by hakre on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:41AM (#33490807)
Incrediblest full of all the harmfulsts! Not only Machine learning:

"Watching ditigal Walt Disney Movies is dependent on data."

It is illegal as the attribution is missing. Also copyright applies etc. see the lawsuit. Its less a technical thing, more a legal one.

Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by World177 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @07:39AM (#33491936)
> Incrediblest full of all the harmfulsts! Not only Machine learning:

I do not agree that it's a good idea to make using copyrighted data for training illegal. The people who are upset that GPL code was used for training should be happy that a large corporation believes that training on copyrighted works is fair use. It's a more democratized position.

> It is illegal as the attribution is missing. Also copyright applies etc. see the lawsuit. Its less a technical thing, more a legal one.

I think in reality, this is just a lawyer or group of lawyers who realized they had a case and a reactionary audience to possibly make them millions of dollars.