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Forgive my ignorance, but who is going to benefit from this lawsuit? I have a lot of code on GitHub, can I, for instance, expect a check in the mail in case of

• gpm 4y ago
  (Not a lawyer, so this is really definitely absolutely not legal advice and if you're looking to profit you should speak to a lawyer... for instance the lawyers who just filed the lawsuit) They're asking for two things, injunctive relief (ordering github/openai/microsoft to stop doing this) and damages. I suppose the injunctive relief really benefits anyone who doesn't want AI models to exist, because that's what it's asking for. The damages will go the members of the class certified for damages, with more going to the lead plaintiffs (those actually involved in the suit) and some going to the lawyers. They're asking for the following class definition for damages > All persons or entities domiciled in the United States that, (1) owned an interest in at least one US copyright in any work; (2) offered that work under one of GitHub’s Suggested Licenses; and (3) stored Licensed Materials in any public GitHub repositories at any time during the Class Period.
  • atum47 4y ago
    > if you're looking to profit you should speak to a lawyer No, I'm just teasing... If a neural network learns how to program by reading my code, it will generate a mess with tabs and spaces mixed together.
    • gpm 4y ago
      No worries, I put that disclaimer in because it's illegal for me to give legal advice and because I want to discourage people from thinking random internet comments are good at properly stating the law, not because I'm that worried that someone will actually decide to stake a bunch of money based on analysis in my comments ;)