--- title: Copilot Was Launched Despite a Tendency to Produce... description: Copilot was launched despite a Tendency to Produce Unlawful Outputs Too Long. Copilot faces legal scrutiny for generating code that allegedly infringes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-was-launched-despite-a-tendency-to-produce-unlawful-outputs-y8yplaeyg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Copilot Was Launched Despite a Tendency to Produce Unlawful Outputs | daily.dev og:description: Copilot was launched despite a Tendency to Produce Unlawful Outputs Too Long. Copilot faces legal scrutiny for generating code that allegedly infringes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-was-launched-despite-a-tendency-to-produce-unlawful-outputs-y8yplaeyg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Y8YplAEYg.png og:image:alt: Copilot Was Launched Despite a Tendency to Produce Unlawful Outputs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Copilot Was Launched Despite a Tendency to Produce Unlawful Outputs **[Hacker Noon](https://daily.dev/sources/hackernoon)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Copilot was launched despite a Tendency to Produce Unlawful Outputs Too Long. Copilot faces legal scrutiny for generating code that allegedly infringes copyrights and lacks adherence to license terms. 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