“Le droit du pauvre est un mot creux” (“Rights of the poor” is a hollow 
phrase) Eugène Pottier, *L’internationale* 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale> (1871).

I am somewhat skeptic about the odds of any legal action suceeding against 
a porential multi-billion $ buisness prospect. Except if it folds, of 
course... ;-)
​
Le samedi 22 avril 2023 à 13:56:42 UTC+2, Michael Orlitzky a écrit :

> On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 08:22 +0100, Dima Pasechnik wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sadly it's not. The American legal system isn't built for this. The
> > > fact that they're clearly doing something illegal and that it's hurting
> > > people isn't grounds for a third-party lawsuit. The victims can file
> > > suits, but like Microsoft's lawyers said, the victims have to be able
> > > to demonstrate injury.
> > 
> > Copilot makes money which does not go to the producers of the content it
> > sells. How is it not injury?
> > Copyright is copyright, it is violated here.
> > 
>
> There's injury, but only the people who are actually injured can file
> suit.
>
> Suppose copilot is willing to reproduce the source code of block_ldlt()
> but without the GPL. What's the dollar amount that I'm harmed by that?
> I can sue for damages, or I can sue for the portion of the profits
> attributable to the infringement. Microsoft's lawyers are going to
> claim that both numbers are zero. How much will it cost me in legal
> fees to fight that, and for what potential benefit?
>
> It's a losing proposition for me, and by extension, for almost everyone
> writing free software.
>
>

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