In this episode, we’re joined by tech Lawyer Luis Villa to explore the question, who owns code? The company, the engineer, the team? What about when you’re using AI, Machine learning, GitHub Copilot… is that still your code?

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Featuring:

• Luis Villa – Website, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub, X
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Tidelift
• Luis’s new newsletter!
• NYTimes review of Dennis Duncan’s “Index, A History of the”
• The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.
• Why Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince Series,’ the Subject of a Long-Term Copyright Dispute, Should Be Considered Fair Use After All

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