The Claude Code Leak

Post by boomlinde » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

sakopov wrote: post #90

In my opinion, the “code is garbage” argument is a moot point. Anthropic is in the business of removing humans from the SDLC. As long as their models can understand and update the code they generate it can remain garbage. They’re not optimizing for human comprehension of the output. They don’t even want you looking at it. And eventually the models will get good enough that you won’t have to.

Post by lesostep » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC

greyman wrote: post #140

From a moral perspective, I would argue that this is still theft of IP, even if it's a "clean room reimplementation". The code carries valuable information about what works and what doesn't — knowledge that Anthropic had to discover through real work and iteration. It's the same as a Chinese factory duplicating a product: they skipped the entire R&D phase and saved time and money.

Post by user34283 » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC

panny wrote: post #117

jiusanzhou wrote: post #77

The copyright angle is the most underrated part of this story. Anthropic built their models on other people's code under the fair use argument, but the moment their own code leaks they reach for DMCA takedowns. You can't have it both ways. The clean room reimplementations are the natural consequence of the legal framework they themselves advocated for.

>but the moment their own code leaks they reach for DMCA takedowns. Did they actually? Someone can go to prison for 5 years for that. Fact 1: AI generated code has no copyright, so the Digital Millennium Copyright Act does not apply. Fact 2: Misrepresenting your copyright ownership under the DMCA is felony perjury. Fact 3: The existence of undercover.ts in the leak is grounds to void any copyright claims on whatever…

Post by dgb23 » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC

panny wrote: post #138

dgb23 wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You make some factual claims that I‘ve never heard before and surprise me, especially „Fact 1“.

It would be so simple for you to right click and search the web to verify that. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10922

Post by crimony » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 9:52 AM UTC

dgb23 wrote: post #122

Frieren wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are several ways of looking at law and order. One way is that the law applies to everybody equally. That has been the way it works for many years, not perfectly, in democratic countries. There is another way of working were the law is not blind. Laws are applied based in who is the one affected. This is what big tech and the ultra-rich have been advocating for. The law applies differently to nobility and aristo…

In other words, the law is an instrument if power. That’s a cynical view, but unfortunately it seems true in many cases, especially for corporate law.