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US Supreme Court rules APIs are covered under fair use

US Supreme Court rules APIs are covered under fair use

The US Supreme Court overturned a federal decision on Monday that had found Google infringed Oracle’s copyright by including elements of their Java application programming interface (API) in Android OS. The highest court ruled 6-2 that APIs are a narrow category of software to be treated differently from other software (protected more broadly by fair […]