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Oracle thinks you can copyright abstract functionality
Authored by: AlexWright on Saturday, April 28 2012 @ 05:28 AM EDT
At least we know that, if Oracle wins, it will go out of business along with everyone else. This is just a scorched-earth policy. Win at any cost.

I think this has now become political for Larry Ellison. His credibility as a CEO is, I suspect, under threat. Oracle must win at least something, or they will end up completely humiliated, and Larry will have to resign. The board and shareholders will leave him no choice.

Oracle are already looking as though they will loose money on this lawsuit. There is a real likelyhood, especially if they cannot prove they own the (possibly) infringing files that they will come away with costs awarded against them.

Utter humiliation!

Obviously, avoiding humiliation is now dominating their thinking to the detriment of any future plans.

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Oracle thinks you can copyright abstract functionality
Authored by: jonathon on Saturday, April 28 2012 @ 11:27 AM EDT
>This is an amazing, breathtaking extension of copyright law.

Not really. It simply translates the standard for music into other spheres.

Fortunately (?) most artists are not aware of who infringes on the music that
they have copied, so there aren't as many lawsuits about copyright royalties as
there would be, if the case law was strictly adhered to.

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