Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle's API copyright case

Supreme Court 1 (Verge Stock) In a ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court found that Google could legally use elements of Oracle's Java code when building Android. "Google's copying of the API to reimplement a user interface, taking only what was needed to allow users to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program, constituted a fair use of that material," the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion. It overturned an earlier federal decision, which found that Google's use of ...