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> Microsoft filed an Amicus brief supporting Oracles view that API's are copyrightable No, actually Microsoft filed an amicus brief supporting Google's view:

> Microsoft filed an Amicus brief supporting Oracles view that API's are copyrightable No, actually Microsoft filed an amicus brief supporting Google's view: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190225161900311_Brief%20of%20Microsoft%20Corporation%20as%20Amicus%20Curiae.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190...

sangnoir 6y ago
> No, actually Microsoft filed an amicus brief supporting Google's view: You are wrong to say "No" (but overall partially correct). The SCOTUS amicus is the second amicus Microsoft has filed on this long-running case - initially they were supporting Oracle's appeal[0] to the federal appeals circuit[1] in 2013. Rough timeline: Microsoft files amicus in support of Oracle in 2013 (on appeal). Project Astoria was killed in 2016. Supreme court agrees to hear Oracle v Google 2019/20. Microsoft files amicus in support of Google 2020. Microsoft announces new Android runner late 2020. 0. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/microsoft-foresees-chaos-if-google-v-oracle-result-stands/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/microsoft-forese... 1. https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MSFT-Oracle-Brief.pdf https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MSFT-...