" * Don't let anyone fool you. Today was a major victory for Google. * " The markets seem to be thinking the same way. Yesterday, Google was up as much as 2% (1.77% at the end of yesterday), Oracle down 1.72% at the of yesterday... Of course, i have no proof that this is largely or partially because of the verdict, but it gives to think ;-)
On Monday, May 7, 2012 5:49:53 PM UTC-4, Tim in Boulder wrote: > > On 5/7/2012 2:24 PM, Brian Conrad wrote: > > The news reports have been mentioning that the verdict does not > > address the issue of "fair use" that Google raised. > > Groklaw has this to say [1]: > > [ Recap of the day: Google won everything but the one issue that the > judge has to answer anyway, the API SSO issue. Oracle prevailed only on > 9 lines of code that Google admitted prior to trial to have included by > mistake and then removed from current Android. Oracle's own expert, the > judge pointed out in court, valued those 9 lines of code at zero. So > that means, if we are looking at damages, that so far Oracle has won > nothing. There is no liability. You can't have infringement without > considering fair use, Google asserts, and there will be briefing on > that. Somebody has to decide that. Don't let anyone fool you. Today was > a major victory for Google. That's why after the jury left, our reporter > says that Google's table was laughing, and Oracle's mighty glum.] > > And, "The jurors couldn't get unanimous on the fair use issue. That's > the one they skipped." > > So the one issue that the judge was going to rule on later anyway -- > whether the API can be considered copyrightable at all -- is the key to > whether Google is liable. "Whether the APIs infringe" is pretty obvious > if they're copyrightable, and in answering that question the jury was > told to assume they WERE copyrightable. If the jury had considered it > fair use, then the judge wouldn't have been forced to rule on whether it > was copyrightable, but since the jury couldn't decide, it will hinge on > the judge's conclusion. > > Tim > > [1] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120507122749740 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/R7hP1daarAAJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
