apis & copyrights

APIs & CopyrightsModerated by

Brian Pagano@brianpagano

With commentary from

Sam Ramji@sramji

Ed Anuff@edanuff

Greg Brail@gbrail

Marsh Gardiner@earth2marsh

Brian Mulloy@landlessness

Anant Jhingran@jhingran

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Topics• Introductions• Disclaimers• Copyright Law Primer• Oracle vs. Google• Panel Discussion• Conclusion

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DISCLAIMER #1: We are technologists. We are not lawyers.

DISCLAIMER #2: The opinions of the panelist are not the opinions of any organization or company.

Copyright Law Primer

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A computer program is made up of several different components, including the source and object code, the structure, sequence and/or organization of the program, the user interface, and the function, or purpose, of the program. Whether a particular component of a program is protected by a copyright depends on whether it qualifies as an 'expression' of an idea, rather than the idea itself.

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-John Controls v. Phoenix Control SystemsUnited States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Oct. 3, 1989

APIs have been copyrightable for more than 22 years.

Oracle vs. Google

Panel Discussion

How will copyrighted APIs impact developer adoption?

Some web API providers have explicitly copied other web APIs.

What’s up with that, Marsh?

Some web APIs are simple wrappers on top of data, for example /countries/ca/population/2010.

What’s up with that, Anant?

What do API copyrights mean for web API monetization?

Will API copyrights destroy the app economy and the web, Ed and Sam?

What should API providers do about their APIs and copyrights, Greg?

Final thoughts?

Questions from Audience

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