Tuesday, April 6, 2021
On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a significant fair use decision, holding six to two that Google’s copying of 11,500 lines of code from Oracle’s Java SE API in Google’s Android platform was a fair and transformative use.
The Court pushed the boundaries of the “transformative” test beyond determining whether the use is different than the one originally intended by the copyright holder, and in doing so, handed Google a major legal victory in a case with extremely high stakes given the ubiquity of Google’s Android platform in smartphones worldwide.
When Google designed its Android platform, it made it free to developers to allow them to build applications for smartphones that, in the words of the Court, “make the phone better.”
Wisconsin cities request attorneys fees in election dispute brought by Donald Trump
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Donald Trump lawsuit: Wisconsin cities say ex-POTUS should pay attorney s fees after contesting election results
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TAHLEQUAH â Many jurisdictional questions have been raised by the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision about how far the reach of tribal, state and federal law enforcement agencies extends onto Native reservations, particularly when non-Natives perpetrate a crime.
Cherokee Nation Attorney General Sara Hill spoke to reporters during an April 6 virtual press conference about the potential effects of McGirt.
âIt was important for the tribes to get an acknowledgment by the United States Supreme Court that the treaties made between the United States and the Five Tribes had meaning,â Hill said. âThe consequence of that was the acknowledgment that the state had been illegally prosecuting people â Indians or people who had committed crimes against Indians â for 100 years.â
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