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
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 regrets the demand that the jury way all the evidence and decide fair use that has no subsidiary findings a
At cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, Justice Stephen breyer talks about the role of the Supreme Court with msnbc chief Legal Correspondent ari melber in a discussion presented by the Kennedy Institute for the u. S. Senate. On behalf of the edward m Kennedy Institute for the United States tenant, i am a very pleased to welcome all of you to this very special addition of our getting to the point series. The Kennedy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan place envisioned and planned by my late husband senator edward kennedy. It is a place where visitors come now virtually as well as in person to experience democracy. Through handson learning about the United States senate. And then use that knowledge as a touchstone to understand the branches of our government. It is also a place where we encourage participatory democracy. In fact, we just started a nonpartisan effort called just about and i encourage you to go to our new website called important, but most i encourag
For that. Brief comments about Justice Breyer cant begin to do justice to him, so im going to have to be unjust in light of time constraints that im subject to. Justice breyer has always been remarkably generous with his time in supporting society projects. And indeed, in less than two weeks on june 6th, at our annual meeting, hell be delivering the societys 41st annual lecture. And of course, hes doing these extra projects for the society at a tremendously busy time for him and for all of his colleagues on the court. So Justice Breyer, thank you so much. Some background on Justice Breyer. He was born in san francisco. He eventually, after stanford, came east. Farther east. Hes got a ba from Magdalene College at oxford. He earned his law degree at harvard. He went on to clerk for Justice Arthur goldberg this court. He served with great distinction in the justice department. He served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee at one point and served in other similar roles durin
Justice breyer has always been remarkably generous with his time in supporting society projects. In less than two weeks on june 6 at our annual meeting, he will be delivering the societys 41st annual lecture. Some background on Justice Breyer. He was born in San Francisco and after stanford, he came east. He has a ba from oxford. His law degree at harvard and went on to clerk for justice goldberg. He served with great distinction in the justice department. He served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee and served in other similar roles during that time of his career. He has taught at Harvard Law School at the Harvard Kennedy school of government, at the college of law in sydney, australia, and the university of rome. In 1980, president carter appointed Justice Breyer to the United States court of appeals for the first circuit, and he was the chief judge there from 19901994. In 1994, president clinton nominated him as an associate justice of the Supreme Court to succeed ju