Comment by isodev
2 years ago
> In keeping with its developer-friendly approach and branding, the Microsoft-owned platform...
Yes, because Microsoft has the other side where they take everyone's code and then repurpose it as a "coding aid as a service" kind of thing (copilot) without attribution or even permission in the first place.
That cat got out of the bag when Google was allowed to gobble up all copyrighted content to operate a commercial service without paying the copyright holders.
If you can demonstrate genuine benefit to society --of course, beyond mere access to copyrighted material-- even if during the course of a commercial enterprise, copyright does not apply.
Because others do it doesn't make it right and indeed, we're yet to see even remote benefit to society from the "AI" bots hype.
Eventually, one hopes to see _really good_ benefit, like... much greater than the cost and negative side effects of putting virtual pets on virtual, energy consuming hamster wheels.
This was for Google Books not AI, but it also applies to AI training nonetheless.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-08-10-what-happened-to-goo...