This is excellent news. I'm kind of surprised.
I suppose it could also mean that anything else AI generated can't be copyrighted ? So corps generating code and content with AI hopefully can't copyright that? (of course they can, but just imagine the hilarity and panic that'd ensue!)
Would be pretty funny but practically I don't think it matters that much.
Someone could steal my company's entire codebase and, outside potential password leaks, it'd really have little impact on our business. The code itself is less valuable than the coders, the data, and the business connections we've made.
Certainly not the case for all software, but I'd wager 90% of the work HN does would fall into this category.
