High Court Sides With Google In Longstanding Java Copyright Case

Mealey's (April 5, 2021, 11:38 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 6-2 divided opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 5 ruled that a decision by Google LLC to take “only what was needed” when copying code from the Java application programming interface (API) in order to “allow users to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program” qualified as a fair use, rendering any infringement by the software giant nonactionable....