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this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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That's really going to depend on how strictly you define "vibe coded". If that means that someone put in a single prompt and the LLM spit out an entire program, then yes, I doubt that would be copyrightable.
However, if the person "vibe coding" does understand how to program, and they use multiple prompts and organize the code to make a working product, then the code could be copyrightable by compilation:
https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf
That's a real big 'if'. Someone who understands and shapes the code isn't really vibe coding. I might still not agree with what they're doing, but it's not vibe coding if they can take responsibility for every line of code produced.