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Court finds that Google s re-use of code from Oracle s Java API constitutes fair use under the Copyright Act
On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.,
1 a long-awaited case addressing the boundaries of the copyright fair use defense as it applies to computer code. This is the first time the Court has addressed fair use in 28 years. It issued a resounding opinion in favor of innovation that dramatically changes how courts will analyze fair use with respect to computer software going forward.