Coders Lose Copyright Battle Against GitHub Copilot and Codex Under DMCA

A federal court has ruled against a group of anonymous programmers who accused GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI of copyright infringement related to the AI coding tools Copilot and Codex. Judge Eric Miller, writing for the unanimous Ninth Circuit panel, dismissed the attempt to categorize the lawsuit as a DMCA claim, keeping it within the bounds of standard copyright infringement. The case, Doe v GitHub (24-7700), highlights ongoing legal challenges surrounding AI-generated code and the open-source community's concerns.