[omoikane]

An example of how much copied code is worth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_...

For this content:

   a nine-line rangeCheck function, several test files, the structure, sequence and organization (SSO) of the Java (API), and the API documentation.

The cost was: "statutory damages up to a maximum of US$150,000".

[varenc]

I don’t believe the nine lines of code was the relevant part leading to damages. It was the fact that Google copied this entire API design (SSO) for Java. I don’t think GPT-3 is in danger of doing that.

[notpushkin]

Also don't forget that the Supreme Court has ruled that APIs aren't copyrightable after all (or at least fall within fair use).

[eurasiantiger]

Now I understand why US IT consulting corporations have expanded into multinationals