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It is as ridiculous as it sounds. There is simply no case at all where API use cannot be sensibly argued as fair use. That's why you use an API in the first pla
by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
It is as ridiculous as it sounds. There is simply no case at all where API use cannot be sensibly argued as fair use. That's why you use an API in the first place........
What privileges would such a copyright provide?
In practice? None.
- jdmichal 10y ago> There is simply no case at all where API use cannot be sensibly argued as fair use. An API being used by a client and an API being copied by a competitor to be used by those same clients are two completely different situations.
- farcical_tinpot 10y agoNope, they aren't, or at the very least, the difference between them is as to be indistinguishable. That's what the jury decided here. Using API and the word 'copied' in the same sentence simply doesn't mean anything.