said: “That’s a plagiarized speech. Nobody says, ‘Oh,
well, it was just one line.’”
But Google’s Kent Walker, the company’s chief
legal officer, said in an interview that Google wrote
“every line of code we possibly could ourselves.”
“No one’s ever claimed copyright over software
interfaces, but that’s what Oracle is claiming
now,” Walker said.
Microsoft, IBM and major internet and tech
industry lobbying groups have weighed in — in
favor of Google.
The Trump administration, the Motion Picture
Association and the Recording Industry
Association of America are among those
supporting Oracle.
The case is Google LLC v. Oracle America
Inc., 18-956.