The Supreme Court sided with Google in its epic copyright fight against Oracle

The Supreme Court sided with Google in its epic copyright fight against Oracle

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/05/supreme-court-google-oracle-ruling/

The highest court in the land has a lot to say about tech this week. The Supreme Court weighed in on Google’s long legal battle with Oracle on Monday, overturning a prior victory for the latter company that could have resulted in an $8 billion award.

In a 6-2 decision, the court ruled that Google didn’t break copyright laws when it incorporated pieces of Oracle’s Java software language into its own mobile operating system. Google copied Oracle’s code for Java APIs for Android, and the case kicked off a yearslong debate over the reuse of established APIs and copyright.