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Legally I believe that’s the person who uploaded the code’s infringement rather than GitHub’s, so long as GitHub deals with takedown requests in a timely manner
by 542458 5y ago
Legally I believe that’s the person who uploaded the code’s infringement rather than GitHub’s, so long as GitHub deals with takedown requests in a timely manner as per the DMCA.
Furthermore, as described in the article, the legal precedent has been that you don’t actually need copyright to something to train a model on it. You may think that’s silly or inconsistent, but that’s how the legal precedent is.
- rlpb 5y ago> that’s the person who uploaded the code’s infringement rather than GitHub’s That's not how it works. Anyone and everyone who distributes it is infringing and carries risk of enforcement action. That could also be someone further downstream. > Furthermore, as described in the article, the legal precedent has been that you don’t actually need copyright to something to train a model on it. I'm not commenting on this aspect.
- 542458 5y agoThat is absolutely how it works. https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca “The DMCA “safe harbors” protect service providers from monetary liability based on the allegedly infringing activities of third parties.”
- rlpb 5y agoThat does nothing to derisk those further downstream of infringing content.