Are admonished to give their attention. The court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court. We will her argument for this morning in case 18 956, google versus oracle. Mister goldstein. Mister chief justice and may it please the court. The murder doctrine resolved the copyright issue in this case. Oracle has a copyright to the computer code in java sd but not a patent read that means the public not oracle has the right to its function and oral cannot create patent yrlike rights specifically under the murder doctrine there is no copyright protection for computer code that is theonly way to perform those functions. Your Java Software developers have the right to use certain commands to create applications for googles android smartphone platform but to work, the commands require google to reuse an exact set ofdeclarations from java sd like he fits into a lot. Because there are no substitutes, oracle is impermissibly claiming the exclusive right not merely to wha
Innovations in taiwan and germany that could help us through the crisis. Moving on this is a business on robots in better than welcome to the Program Google is warning outside developers to stop circumventing its Payment System and has given dont just one year to comply among the companies in its crosshairs on netflix and spotify both of them have disputed or attempted working around payments on google devices which show a 30 Percent Commission from the tech giant frustration over commissions levied alike by google and apple has been growing among about affairs in recent years. And im joined in the studio by businesses Stephen Beardsley welcome to the program so whats behind this from google. So basically google is saying that it wants to clarify its rules that basically it hasnt been forcing these rules are already been set up its very nice way of saying all right its time for us to start doing this its time for you to start listening and really what it comes down to is as you mention
The honorable chief justice of the honorable associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Goldstein mr. Chief justice may please the court with that copyright ability question in this case and into the computer work that not the patent so that means the public not oracle has the right to function and oracle cannot leverage the copyright there is no copyright protection for computer code to perform those functions here Java Software developers have the right to create applications for the smart android platform but they require google to reuse the exact set of declarations it is intermittently claiming the rights not just to what the declaration says is not a copyright it is a patent right. And in the modern Interoperable Software here reusing to rewrite creative applications that are used more than 1 billion people those policy questions are almost academic not whether this court would find fair use the much narrower question they could find fair use in oracle now
The copyright ability question in this case. Oracle has a copyright to the computer code in java. Right to the functions and oracle cannot leverage the copyright to create patent rights. Under their murder doctrine there is no copyright protection for computer code that is the only way to perform those functions. Java developers have the right to use certain commands to create applications for google, android platforms. To work the commands require google to reduce a set of declarations from java fc. Because there are no substitutes oracle is claiming the exclusive right not merely to what the declaration is saying but to what they do. That is not a copyright, it is a patent right. Reusingtice of interface is critical to commuter software. Reusing the declaration allowed developers to write billions of creative applications that are used by more than a billion people. Those policy questions are almost academic because the issue is not one this court would find fair use. The standard of
Remain stranded so a lot will depend on the willingness of either Member States which in the last 5 years has not been a very high the Commission Hopes the scenes of a foreign migrant camp on the greek island of laser holes will be the catalyst for change. Morea is a stark reminder we need to find Sustainable Solutions on migration and we all have to step up. Moreas residents know rehired in another makeshift camp can only hope that action comes sooner rather than later. I want to go now to brussels or to correspond above of a zoe who is following this story for you barbara so will they rise to the occasion what are you hearing. It depends on how you look at it of course the there were a lot of wonderful sounding words there was a lot of paper there of a lot of new proposed legislation but then listening and listening to the commissioners they began stumbling through the minefield off their own proposals because it is difficult it take for instance the proposed sponsorship for people t