Then you need to check the laws in your country. But that is nothing new to copilot. Copyright laws vary significantly from country to country.

Not really. They are mostly the same across countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_copyright_treati...

There are just minor deviances, not relevant to this case, such as how long Disney bullied the countries to protect a work.

Software is usually considered a work. The AI needs to know if has permissions to copy and use the code, and then offer derived work on the proper terms and conditions. copilot doesn't do that. It might copy GPL code into non-GPL code, thus violating the GPL license, thus being an extreme risk.

What are examples of Disney getting countries to extend copyright terms?

In the US there have only been two extensions of copyright terms since Disney came into existence.

The first was in 1976, as part of a major overhaul of US copyright law to update the previous law (from 1909) to take into account the large changes in technology since then, and to make US law work more like the rest of the world to pave the way for the US later joining the Berne Convention. The changes for Berne compatibility included longer terms.

I assume Disney did support this, but only because as far as I can tell it had pretty widespread support. It had enough support that it would have passed even if Disney had adamantly opposed it.

The second was in 1998, and that was specifically a term expansion (as opposed to a term expansion like that of 1976 that was a side effect of harmonizing US law with the rest of the world). Europe had expanded terms a few years earlier, so the 1998 change in the US might have been motivated at least in part by harmonization, but I don't think the differences in terms between the US and the EU would have been enough to get it passed without some major interests pushing for it, so it is probably fair to give Disney a good part of the credit or blame for this one.

I was referring to the extension in 1976 from 28 to 50 years, and the subsequent extension in 1998 to 70 years, which everybody agreed upon that both were on Disney's request (hence its name "Micky-Maus-Schutzgesetz"). Other lobbying partners were the George Gershwin heirs and the Movie Industry (Jack Valenti).

Here you see the countries which did not extend it the 2nd time to 70 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright...

There was of course no widespread support for these extensions, as all its arguments were flawed and not only violated logic but also several constitutions. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#G... (the en version is mostly cleaned on these counter arguments)