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US Supreme Court struggles for legal metaphors in Google, Oracle copyright dispute over Android and Java

By Mike Swift ( October 7, 2020, 22:02 GMT | Insight) -- The US Supreme Court zoomed in today on Google’s copyright fair use trial victory over Oracle, and Oracle’s claim that basic elements of its Java software can be copyrighted, even as the justices fretted about how a clear line drawn between which software elements are copyrightable could scramble the industry and change how courts render decisions on fair use.The US Supreme Court zoomed in today on Google’s copyright fair use trial victory over Oracle, and Oracle’s claim that basic elements of its Java software can be copyrighted, even as the justices fretted about how a clear line drawn between which software elements are copyrightable could scramble the industry and change how courts render decisions on fair use. ...

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