Problem
After an eleven-year battle in the case of Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., No. 18-956, the Supreme Court sided with Google against Oracle in a long-running copyright dispute over the software used in Android's mobile operating system. The case concerned 12,000 lines of code that Google used to build Android that were copied from the Java application programming interface developed by Sun Microsystems, which Oracle acquired in 2010. It was seen as a landmark dispute over what types of computer code are protected under American copyright law. Google claimed that its use of the code was covered under the doctrine of fair use and therefore not subject to copyright liability.
a) What is the fair use principle under copyright law?
b) What were the foundations of Google's and Oracle's arguments?
c) What impact does the final ruling have on the IT industry?