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And this jury, that made the decision about APIs being copyrightable (in the US), that made this into "a clear loser for Google" in 2014 were also a dozen rando
by tripzilch 9y ago
And this jury, that made the decision about APIs being copyrightable (in the US), that made this into "a clear loser for Google" in 2014 were also a dozen randomly selected laymen with no background in law nor programming?
Which part of "let's find a small group of the least qualified people to decide on billion dollar cases" ever seemed like a good idea to anyone?
Then there's the judge, who has a background in law but NOT in programming.
Then there's the lawyers, who have a background in both (assuming the expensive lawyers G and O can afford), as well as years and years of practice influencing the decisions of small groups of laymen.