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Coders lose their DMCA case against GitHub Copilot and Codex

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“We decline plaintiffs’ invitation to transform run-of-the-mill copyright-infringement claims into DMCA claims,” Judge Eric Miller wrote for a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel. The opinion came on Wednesday in Doe v GitHub, number 24-7700. Anonymous programmers who publish open-source code had sued Gi…

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  1. 2026-09-18 16:49 · The Next Web
    Coders lose their DMCA case against GitHub Copilot and Codex

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