Not quite. The Supreme Court *punted* on the question of whether APIs can be copyrighted, but instead narrowly said that reimplementing the API is fair use. This may or may not be significant. I suspect that in some future case, where a defendant tries to limit their damages for copying an entire copyrighted work (by suggesting that they shouldn't be penalized for copying the APIs), the Court will find that they are copyrightable and penalize that defendant accordingly.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:29 AM Paul Boniol <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Supreme Court has ruled that API's can't be copyrighted, which I believe > is correct. It was a 4-3 decision, so it came pretty close to going the other > way, which I concur with those saying it would have set off a huge wave of > terrible lawsuits. > > Paul Boniol > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS1dhmBKKn%3DGpqyp2hVX3cXHH997t0M%3D%2B%2BawCyMx4hA5cg%40mail.gmail.com. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcXEL_A1pBXa0d8uSaCc3MtA8g2mmLqp_WbKZXKqrsMBHw%40mail.gmail.com.
