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by Joe Mullin - May 23, 2016 6:23 pm UTC   

 

"It takes strength and courage to stand up to Google. That's what Oracle has done."  

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle's copyright lawsuit is all about one "very simple rule," the company's attorney told a jury today.

"You don’t take people’s property without permission and use it for your own benefit," said Oracle lawyer Peter Bicks. "Google took a shortcut, and they took a shortcut at Oracle’s expense."

The closing argument Bicks delivered today was his final chance to convince a jury that Google should be held liable for copyright infringement for using 37 Java APIs, which Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems. An appeals court has ruled that the APIs can be copyrighted. Now, Google's only hope of avoiding a payment to Oracle—which could potentially be in the billions of dollars—is a finding that it was "fair use" to harness the Java APIs.     

 

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/oracle-slams-google-to-jury-you-dont-take-peoples-property/
I am no fan of Oracle...a very predatory company themselves...but I applaud their decison to stand up to Google on this point. Google gets away with far too much IMHO and it is about time that they were taken down a peg or two if indeed they are guilty of predatory behaviour themselves.
 by Joe Mullin - May 26, 2016 8:03 pm UTC      

 

 

Following a two-week trial, a federal jury concluded Thursday that Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle-owned copyrights because its re-implementation of 37 Java APIs is protected by "fair use." The verdict was reached after three days of deliberations.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, listen to your verdict as it will stand recorded," said the court clerk, before polling each of the ten men and women on the jury.

There was only one question on the special verdict form, asking if Google's use of the Java APIs was a "fair use" under copyright law. The jury unanimously answered "yes," in Google's favor. The verdict ends the trial, which began earlier this month. If Oracle had won, the same jury would have gone into a "damages phase" to determine how much Google should pay. Because Google won, the trial is over.      

 

  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/
Wow 9 billion for damages if Google lost this! Very interestring article Dermot7...
As I said...not a fan of either company (for very obvious reasons) but what Google have done is plain wrong IMHO regardless of who it was done to...sad to see that justice has not prevailed...as it perhaps would have been nd perhaps a lesson to them and helped them reduce their over arching arrogance.:(

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