Microsoft is saying “if our tools produce copyrighted violations we will assume responsibility”, which looks great on the surface, because almost nobody would be able to find the infringements, so it is a bet worth taking.

Exceptions include places where the code is throughly audited, like acquisitions: so this might just bust acquisitions, and I don’t think this would be covered:

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/09/07/copilot-copyright-commitment-ai-legal-concerns/