Google did not scan those books and use it to build new books with different titles. The comparison doesn't hold up at all.
Not sure if you meant to reply to me but I agree with you: you can't compare what Google did to what Copilot does.
Suggesting code is generating code
Neither. Someone else did, and published it. Copilot copied the dialog and suggested it.
> If you change names in those lines of dialogue to fit your story, do you now gain credit for writing those lines?
It depends. Talking generalities isn't productive or interesting. Can you give an example and we can discuss specifics?
> Suggesting code is generating code
This isn't even superficially true
But the other, more direct question is ... what about the instances where Copilot doesn't come up with a learned mishmash result? What happens when Copilot just gives you a straight up answer from it's learning data, verbatim?
Then you, as a dev, end up with a bunch of code that is effectively copied, via a 'copying tool', which is GPL'd?
It's that specific case that to me sticks out as the 'most concerning part'.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.