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Case Number: 4:22-cv-06823-JST
Plaintiff: DOE
Defendant: Github (amended complaint)
Filing Date: June 8, 2023
Location: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. OVERVIEW: A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF SOFTWARE PIRACY:
IV. PARTIES
VI. CLASS ALLEGATIONS
VII. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
B. Codex Outputs Copyrighted Materials Without Following the Terms of the Applicable Licenses
C. Copilot Outputs Copyrighted Materials Without Following the Terms of the Applicable Licenses
D. Codex and Copilot Were Trained on Copyrighted Materials Offered Under Licenses
E. Copilot Was Launched Despite Its Propensity for Producing Unlawful Outputs
F. Copilot Reproduces the Code of the Named Plaintiffs Without Attribution
- Example: Copilot Outputs the Code of Doe 2 Essentially Verbatim
- Example: Copilot Outputs the Code of Doe 1 in Modified Format
- Example: Copilot Outputs the Code of Doe 5 In Modified Format
- Example: Copilot Outputs Code of Doe 5 Essentially Verbatim
H. Open-Source Licenses Began to Appear in the Early 1990s
I. Microsoft Has a History of Flouting Open-Source License Requirements
J. GitHub Was Designed to Cater to Open-Source Projects
K. OpenAI Is Intertwined with Microsoft and GitHub
L. Conclusion of Factual Allegations
VIII. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF
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