Google wins trial against Oracle as jury finds Android is fair use

Posted by floatalong on Thursday May 26, 2016 @04:06PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/

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Re:Google wins trial against Oracle as jury finds Android is... by dang on Thursday May 26, 2016 @04:15PM (#11781141)

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11781053.

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Re:Google wins trial against Oracle as jury finds Android is... by pavpanchekha on Thursday May 26, 2016 @04:16PM (#11781158)

This is possibly my best-case scenario. APIs are copywriteable (so says the Supreme Court), and this seems reasonable, since some APIs really are very good and treating them like an artistic work has benefits. But implementing them is fair use, preserving the utility of APIs for compatibility. Great news!

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Re:Google wins trial against Oracle as jury finds Android is... by epalmer on Thursday May 26, 2016 @04:15PM (#11781150)

Wow I did not expect the verdict so soon. This is fantastic news.

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