> Microsoft filed an Amicus brief supporting Oracles view that API's are copyrightable
No, actually Microsoft filed an amicus brief supporting Google's view:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190...
No, actually Microsoft filed an amicus brief supporting Google's view:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190...
You are wrong to say "No" (but overall partially correct). The SCOTUS amicus is the second amicus Microsoft has filed on this long-running case - initially they were supporting Oracle's appeal[0] to the federal appeals circuit[1] in 2013.
Rough timeline: Microsoft files amicus in support of Oracle in 2013 (on appeal). Project Astoria was killed in 2016. Supreme court agrees to hear Oracle v Google 2019/20. Microsoft files amicus in support of Google 2020. Microsoft announces new Android runner late 2020.
0. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/microsoft-forese...
1. https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MSFT-...