A federal appeals court just sided with ai-generated code. the ninth circuit, ruling september 18,…
a federal appeals court just sided with ai-generated code. the ninth circuit, ruling september 18, said generated code without copyright management info doesn't automatically break the dmca.
the training question stays open.
Context
Doe v. GitHub, Inc., No. 24-7700 in the Ninth Circuit, was filed on September 16, 2026 as a published opinion in an interlocutory appeal, per the court's opinion link and a FindLaw snippet, and an earlier reading of the opinion text through a legal publisher copy shows it affirmed dismissal of the 17 U.S.C. 1202(b) claim. A law firm alert about the ruling is dated September 18, 2026 and a LexBlog post September 23, 2026, both seen as snippets.
The ruling date is September 16, and September 18 matches a law firm alert and not the decision. The holding is narrow, an affirmance of dismissal of one Section 1202(b) claim in an interlocutory appeal, and not a general exemption for AI-generated code, so sided with ai-generated code is the author's framing. Rehearing or further appeal status was not checked. The legal text is cited only and this is not legal advice. The training question stays open is the author's take.
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- the ninth circuit just ruled that the dmca can't touch ai output. in d ↗The earlier note on the same case.
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- Rehearing or further appeal status.
Sources
- Ninth Circuit opinion, No. 24-7700 (filed September 16, 2026)cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov
- FindLaw: Doe v. GitHubcaselaw.findlaw.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 22 September 2026 at 19:19 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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