Comment by mindslight
Comment by mindslight a day ago
> have they not heard of Sega v. Accolade ?
My mind went here immediately as well, but some details are subtly different. For example being a remote service instead of a locally-executed copy of software, Google could argue that they are materially relying on such representation to provide any service at all. Or that without access to the service's code, someone cannot prove this string is required in order to interoperate. It also wouldn't be the first time the current Supreme Court took advantage of slightly differing details as an excuse to reject longstanding precedent in favor of fascism.
And even if it falls under fair use in the US, they could still have a case in some other relevant market. The world is a big place