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I do have to wonder if Copilot will last. It's going to become a legal minefield and I can't imagine for a second that Micrsoft will want to be in the crosshair
by esskay 4y ago
I do have to wonder if Copilot will last. It's going to become a legal minefield and I can't imagine for a second that Micrsoft will want to be in the crosshair for another antitrust case.
- scarface74 4y agoYes because it turned out so badly the last time. Microsoft went from being one of the three most valuable companies in the US in 2000 to being one of the three most valuable companies in 2022. Also back then, Microsoft had 90%+ share of the PC operating system market and was bundling IE in its operating system. I’m glad the DOJ forced MS to change its ways.
- thrillgore 4y agoSo they turned around and started buying everyone else. GitHub, Nokia, Activision. They're back to their old shit.
- scarface74 4y agoGitHub doesn’t have a monopoly on “hosted git repositories”. By the time MS bought Nokia, it was already a has been in mobile and the acquisition was a total failure and the game market is competitive.
- solomatov 4y agoIMO, It will last. It's impossible to roll it back. IMO, if the lawsuit goes to a point where it's likely to be won by copyright owners, Open AI could do the following: - Use less sensitive code from big corps they have partnership with for training. I bet MS and other have plenty of such code. - Buy training rights from copyright owners of OSS projects. Many of them have SLAs which allow the owner do much more than the license allows. - Buy rights to train code, and collect generated code with Copilot from a large number of smaller software companies, likely with exclusions for some sensitive parts. MS has a lot of leverage here (discounts, partnerships, etc).