Published September 18, 2026 ยท Added September 18, 2026

Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of DMCA claims against GitHub Copilot

The Next Web reports that the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of DMCA claims that GitHub Copilot and Codex stripped copyright notices from licensed open-source code, holding that the pleaded outputs never contained the notices rather than removing them, while the training theory was forfeited and two breach-of-contract claims remain pending.

The Next Web reports that the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of DMCA claims that GitHub Copilot and Codex stripped copyright notices from licensed open-source code, holding that the pleaded outputs never contained the notices rather than removing them, while the training theory was forfeited and two breach-of-contract claims remain pending.

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Source: Thenextweb