Read the case study entitled, “Oracle vs. Google: The Fight Over Java” (pgs. 154-159 in the textbook) and write a 500-word paper that addresses the following questions:
- Outline as clearly as possible the main facts of this case and explain the moral issues at stake.
- Assume that you are an attorney representing Google or Oracle. Defend the position of your chosen company.
- In your paper, explain the reasoning why the Federal Appeals Court believed that the structure, organization, and sequence of APIs were in fact copyrightable. How does this contrast to the First and Sixth federal circuit court’s interpretation that copyright law excludes protection for all methods of operations?
You will be graded on the completeness of your answers along with your knowledge and application of principles and concepts covered in the lesson.
Be sure to cite any sources using APA styling.