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> The issue is can a public API be copyrighted. That is the scary issue. In Roman Law there is the principle "In dubio pro reo" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by wolfgke 9y ago
> The issue is can a public API be copyrighted. That is the scary issue.
In Roman Law there is the principle "In dubio pro reo" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_dubio_pro_reo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_dubio_pro_reo), which means that if there are doubts whether the culprit is guilty or not, he/she may not be convicted.
- yoklov 9y agoI feel like this probably is intended to apply in criminal cases and not civil. (And a copyright case like this would certainly be civil, and not criminal) In the US, it at least seems that something similar does, in so far as we require a unanimous vote by the jury to convict someone in a criminal trial, but a simple majority for a civil.
- blattimwind 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)#Legal_standards_for_burden_of_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)#Legal_st...