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Calling what LLMs do just "reading" is, at best, naïve anthropomorphization.

anthropomorphization is not a counterargument

Come on. It reads all the code in the world; then, you ask it to produce code; then, it gladly writes out something "new" which is a synthesis of what is out there, often with direct copying. It's more than reading.

Sounds like exactly what I do

So what? You're a human (I'm assuming you are) and an LLM is not. The law ought to treat humans differently.

It was downloaded without a license to read it