• Walter Bright (7/7) Feb 03 Since AI generated code is what people do these days, I did some researc...
• monkyyy (10/17) Feb 03 alone provide sufficient control.
• Forum User (14/21) Feb 03 On the other hand AIs are said to having been trained on

Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:

Since AI generated code is what people do these days, I did some research on 
this, and came up with:

https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf

See page 8, which says in part:

"Copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, or material where 
there is insufficient human control over the expressive elements."

If you are using AI to assist in writing code, please at least read the whole
page.

monkyyy <crazymonkyyy gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 3 February 2026 at 17:44:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
 Since AI generated code is what people do these days, I did 
 some research on this, and came up with:

 https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf


 Whether human contributions to AI-generated outputs are 
 sufficient to constitute

authorship must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis

 Based on the functioning of current generally available 
 technology, prompts do not

alone provide sufficient control.

This is completely illiterate; and unenforceable; and doesn't 
provide the guidance that clarifies anything.

If you want to say that the copyright system hasnt adapted to ai 
so its legally risky to use; you could just say that the 
copyright system hasn't adapted to the internet yet; of course it 
hasn't. For all I know if an ad shows you copyrighting material 
your theatrically liable.

Forum User <forumuser example.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 3 February 2026 at 17:44:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
 Since AI generated code is what people do these days, I did 
 some research on this, and came up with:

 https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf

 See page 8, which says in part:

 "Copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, or 
 material where there is insufficient human control over the 
 expressive elements."

On the other hand AIs are said to having been trained on 
proprietary
material. Fragments of the learned codebases may reappear in
AI-generated code. This poses a risk. Every "vibe coder" should be
aware of this.

AFAICS though there is no ruling regarding software yet, there has
recently been a decision in the field of music lyrics in Germany.
Google's AI says:

"The Munich District Court largely granted the claims asserted by 
GEMA. OpenAI was ordered to cease further use, to provide 
information about the extent of previous use, and to pay damages. 
The decision is not yet final. OpenAI can appeal."

http://www.google.com/search?q=GEMA+vs+openai+victory+in+english