The race to replace Redis [LWN.net]

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 8, 2024 15:03 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: The race to replace Redis by Wol
Parent article: The race to replace Redis

I think you may be wrong. APIs were found to be copyrightable. However, there are some defences available to copyright infringement, including fair use. And Google eventually prevailed on a fair use defence.

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The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 8, 2024 16:18 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (1 responses)

I was worried about that. So I guess it didn't go to the Supremes, because the argument there probably was "Google won anyway, so why should we hear it?". Ouch!

If it comes up again, the new defendant should be free to make the same arguments that APIs are not copyrightable, and appeal any loss, but hopefully the "fair use" argument will put any predators off. Not a pleasant state of affairs.

Cheers,
Wol

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 9, 2024 20:06 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

It went to the Supreme Court: https://arstechnica.com/series/series-oracle-v-google/

They ruled that Google's use was fair use.