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by mixmastamyk 453 days ago
Search engines are an index to a first approximation. I realize they sometimes hoist a thesis sentence or two up to their page, but it feels substantially different than automating derivative works for sale.
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what is the substantive difference between googling "filter records in dataframe by regular expression in Julia" vs asking ChatGPT/Grok/Claude the same thing (to name a totally non-random example I've been working with lately)?
Not much difference for uncopyrightable facts, but ask for a portrait, report, or whole program, and you get closer to a problem. There is precedent around derivatives called "fair use," that can maybe give some guidance.

Oracle lost the API copyright case, which might also be an important precedent.