A California federal court has called upon the Ninth Circuit to address a complex issue under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Specifically, the court seeks to determine whether the law mandates that an infringing copy must be identical to the original work to sustain claims related to the removal of copyright management information. This question arises in a lawsuit where developers have accused Microsoft and GitHub of misappropriating code to develop artificial intelligence tools. For more detailed information, you can access the complete article here.