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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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