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Can APIs be copyrighted?

By Peter Wayner | 24 March, 2020 04:00

Oracle says yes and Google says no, but who’s right? Here are seven arguments in favour of copyrighting APIs - and seven arguments against.
Google asks US Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case

By Reuters | 25 January, 2019 10:21

Google has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that resurrected a billion-dollar copyright case brought by Oracle that dates back to 2010.
Exemplary damages awarded in Auckland rendering software stoush

By By Rob O'Neill | 20 October, 2017 08:57

The High Court in Auckland has awarded exemplary damages to Otoy NZ after its software was copied and distributed by a former employee.
Google's book scanning project is fair use, appeals court rules

By Peter Sayer | 16 October, 2015 20:17

Google Books, the project to digitize the world's printed works, is fair use under US copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Oracle: Google has 'destroyed' the market for Java

By Katherine Noyes | 14 August, 2015 03:11

Oracle has expanded the scope of its ongoing copyright battle against Android and accused Google of "destroying" the market for Java.

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Google Books legal epic moves to appeals court

By Juan Carlos Perez | 19 November, 2013 00:07

After almost a decade of litigation, Google scored a victory last week over the Authors Guild, which had sued the company for copyright infringement over its Google Books search engine. But a few important chapters in the legal saga have yet to be written.

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