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How GitHub Copilot Could Steer Microsoft Into a Copyright Storm
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Register: GitHub Copilot -- a programming auto-suggestion tool trained from public source code on the internet -- has been caught generating what appears to be copyrighted code, prompting an attorney to look into a possible copyright infringement claim. On Monday, Matthew Butterick, a lawyer, desig ... ⌘ Read more
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@kt84@twtxt.net More than likely if a class action settlement happens, anyone who can allege they had their code on GitHub during the span of time Microsoft was training Copilot will be eligible, which would include anyone who deleted their repos when Microsoft first showed it off.