Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot

Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by Gigachad on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:49PM (#37429032)

My brain contains loads of copyrighted info. And if I exactly reproduce it from memory, it's copyright infringement. But if I come up with my own work, even if using that copyrighted info to learn from, it isn't infringement.

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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by yencabulator on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:51PM (#37429042)

I don't understand why people keep comparing humans and computers. The law does not treat machinery equal to a human.

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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by jaimex2 on Friday September 08, 2023 @01:38AM (#37429794)

You can't really say that. All this needs to be tested in court and see what definitions of what end up winning and setting precendent.

It can go either way.

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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by Gigachad on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:38AM (#37430236)

How would you even know where it came from? If I commit some code, you’d have no idea if I came up with it myself or if AI generated it.

And why would it matter?

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