On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 10:18:11AM +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 08:55:09 +1200, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alphabet's Google didn't commit copyright infringement when it used Oracle's programming code in the Android operating system, sparing Google from what could have been a multibillion-dollar award.'
According to this <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/supreme-court-sides-with-google-in-api-copyright-battle-with-oracle/> preliminary report, the court did not actually rule on whether APIs were copyrightable at all, only that fair use was applicable if they were.
Yes, Mike Masnick of Techdirt also notes that, unfortunately, the court did not rule on whether the APIs are copyrightable. It's just that if they are copyrightable Google's use meet the requirements of fair use. Michael.