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Api copyrightable fact question? | 311 comments | Create New Account

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My legal expert, Judge Alsup, will explain it all in a few days. ...nt

Authored by: Ian Al on Tuesday, April 17 2012 @ 11:12 AM EDT

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Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid!

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Api copyrightable fact question?

Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Tuesday, April 17 2012 @ 12:57 PM EDT

I think the Jury has to determine if in fact copying occurred.

Then once the Jury decides that the Judge can determine whether what was copied
was under the law covered by copyright.

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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.

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Api copyrightable fact question? - Authored by: Ian Al on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 02:20 AM EDT

Api copyrightable fact question?

Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 02:02 PM EDT

A valid defense against an accusation of copyright infringement would be
"Yes, we copied xyz but xyz is not covered by copyright.". Many things
are excluded from copyright. Facts and ideas, for instance, cannot be
copyrighted.

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