@cmuratori @Dravorek I'm talking about the Sixth Circuit, not the district or Supreme.
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Replying to @taradinoc
@cmuratori@Dravorek See paras 42-62 at http://openjurist.org/387/f3d/522/lexmark-international-inc-v-static-control-components-inc …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@taradinoc@Dravorek Yes, that has nothing to do with it. It does not say that you cannot copyright an API.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@taradinoc@Dravorek All that is talking about is the fact that copyright requires originality. The argument here is that it was not.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@taradinoc@Dravorek Ie., because the code in this case was designed _solely_ to authenticate the cartridge, it was not original.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@Dravorek It's not about what it was *designed* for, it's about whether practical substitutions can be made.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@cmuratori@Dravorek "taking into consideration the functionality, compatibility and efficiency demanded", you can't substitute an API.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@cmuratori@Dravorek Also note "lock-out code" is "unprotectable because its elements are dictated by functional compatibility requirements"2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@taradinoc@Dravorek Right, that is what they are saying: because there is _no actual creativity_ there to protect.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@taradinoc@Dravorek You cannot automatically extend that to an API that was _actually creative_, like say, a physics API or something.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@taradinoc @Dravorek In this case the argument was that it's not creative because _it doesn't do anything other than lock out_.
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