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Comment by lelanthran

11 hours ago

> The bot (and therefore microsoft) doesn't get any copyright at all.

But then neither do you, for every commit that was marked with copilot.

What makes you say that?

If a monkey uses a typewriter, there's no copyright.

If I use a typewriter with a monkey, I get copyright and the monkey doesn't.

Why would the monkey need copyright for me to get copyright?

  • > If I use a typewriter with a monkey, I get copyright and the monkey doesn't.

    Right, because monkeys cannot be granted copyright. If you use a typewriter along with Microsoft, the resulting copyright will be owned jointly.

    This story isn't about a monkey claiming co-authorship, it's about Microsoft claiming co-authorship.