US Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

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Over reuse of code to build the Android operating system.

US Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case
The US Supreme Court handed Google a major victory, ruling that its use of Oracle's software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world's smartphones did not violate federal copyright law. In a 6-2 decision, the justices overturned a lower court's ruling ...

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