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by croes 1466 days ago
Time for programmers to get the same rights as musicians and composers.

That's clearly a remix of the work of others

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They already do, no? Problem is this magical solution requires ignoring all copyright law. We can't prove it but when someone does, it'll be a legal shitshow.
Which programmer or his descendants receive payments up to 70 years after his death or per call of his written software?

And yes, MS is now monetising the work of others.

It doesn’t require ignoring copyright law. It’s fair use. Which is a bad thing. We need new laws for this stuff.
good point

If I use a ii V I progression in my music, who gets compensated? I find most of co-pilots suggestions are similarly basic. Any lawsuit about whether an artist used a few of the same chords or a snippet of melody has been totally asinine IMO, like how all the money from "the thong song" went to ricky martin just because he was quoted for one measure.

when I write a few lines of code myself, should I search GitHub to make sure no one else has included the same algorithm in their codebase before slapping my own license on it?

Read Cariou v. Prince before you get too excited.