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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Court finds that Google's re-use of code from Oracle's Java API constitutes fair use under the Copyright Act On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in  Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 1 a long-awaited case addressing the boundaries of the copyright fair use defense as it applies to computer code. This is the first time the Court has addressed fair use in 28 years. It issued a resounding opinion in favor of innovation that dramatically changes how courts will analyze fair use with respect to computer sof...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In a closely-watched case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 that Google’s copying of over 11,000 lines of Oracle’s application programming interface (API) code was permissible fair use under copyright law.  Writing for the majority, Justice Breyer declined to answer the underlying question of whether Oracle’s code is copyrightable, assuming that it is for the fair use analysis.  The Court’s ruling reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit finding that Oracle’s code was copyrightable and ...