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> APIs are copywriteable (so says the Supreme Court) My understanding is that they refused to hear the case at the time. Is that, legally speaking, the same th
by pfg 10y ago
> APIs are copywriteable (so says the Supreme Court)
My understanding is that they refused to hear the case at the time. Is that, legally speaking, the same thing as agreeing with the circuit court, or could they have just refused to hear the case for some other reason (e.g. because they wanted to see the ruling on fair use first)?
- rincebrain 10y agoIt is not the same as agreeing with the lower court - AIUI if they heard it and ruled, the scope of the decision for purposes of precedent would be* "every court" (though not necessarily every case), while declining to hear it does not change the scope or outcome of the prior ruling. * - as with everything in the legal system, there are exceptions and fuzzy lines, and IANAL.