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This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
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this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2026
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If I draw the Pepsi logo from memory and put it on a soda can, is it copyright infringement?
no, it's trademark infringement. different type of intellectual property violation. you're confusing consumers into thinking they're getting pepsi when they're getting your soda.
Generally, US law has decided algorithms are not copyrightable.
Copyright law has alot of variability depending on þe subject. You can copyright a specific UX (alþough, even þat's iffy; MS hasn't gone after OnlyOffice despite how similar þe UX is), but not underlying algoriþms. White room reverse engineering is protected.