Google asks Supreme Court to rule on when code can be copyrighted

Google asks Supreme Court to rule on when code can be copyrighted

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18196419/google-supreme-court-code-copyright

After years of back-and-forth legal rulings, Google is asking the Supreme Court to make the final call in its infamous dispute with Oracle. Today, the company announced it has filed a petition with the Court, asking the justices to determine the boundaries of copyright law in code.

The case dates back to 2010, when Oracle first accused Google of improperly using elements of Oracle’s Java programming language to build Android. Oracle said that Google’s use of Java application programing interfaces was a violation of copyright law. Google has responded that APIs are too fundamental to programming to be copyrighted.

Google asks Supreme Court to rule on when code can be copyrighted

Jan 24, 2019, 10:43pm UTC
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18196419/google-supreme-court-code-copyright > After years of back-and-forth legal rulings, Google is asking the Supreme Court to make the final call in its infamous dispute with Oracle. Today, the company announced it has filed a petition with the Court, asking the justices to determine the boundaries of copyright law in code. > The case dates back to 2010, when Oracle first accused Google of improperly using elements of Oracle’s Java programming language to build Android. Oracle said that Google’s use of Java application programing interfaces was a violation of copyright law. Google has responded that APIs are too fundamental to programming to be copyrighted.