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[return to "GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code"]
1. D13Fd+Zk[view] [source] 2022-10-16 22:39:52
>>davidg+(OP)
If the code is public, my guess is that someone else stole it and added it to an open source repo without authorization. Microsoft may have then picked it up from there.
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2. SrslyJ+ql[view] [source] 2022-10-16 22:43:58
>>D13Fd+Zk
This just means that if you use Copilot for work, you're exposing yourself and/or your employer to unknown legal liability. =)
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3. snotro+3X[view] [source] 2022-10-17 05:55:49
>>SrslyJ+ql
Even if you use it for personal projects.

To be safe, we'd have to get Microsoft to agree to indemnify users (if they really believe using this is safe, they should do so), or wait until a court case on copyright as it regard to training corpus for large models is decided and appeals are exhausted.

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