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azylman
on May 2, 2012
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EU court: Reverse engineering OK, API not protecte...
No, the jury will not be deciding on whether or not APIs are copywriteable. Judge Alsup is deciding on that, if necessary. The jury will be deciding on Google's fair use arguments etc.
dmragone
on May 2, 2012
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Thanks for the correction - though, quite honestly, having met Judge Alsup, I'm not sure this is any better. He hates technology.
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