US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle
US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle
Posted Apr 6, 2021 13:00 UTC (Tue) by danielthompson (subscriber, #97243)In reply to: US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle by xtifr
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I particularly the comment in the syllabus about: "Unlike many other computer programs, the value of the copied lines is in significant part derived from the investment of users (here computer programmers) who have learned the API’s system.".
This recognizes that the value of an API arises, in part, from skilled people learning to use it rather than through the effort of the author and that this shared investment by all parties weighs in favour of fair-use.