الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية

Google’s copying of the Java SE API, which included only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program, was a fair use of that material as a matter of law. Six holdings: fair use question was mixed question of fact and law, for purposes of standard for appellate review; Seventh Amendment right of trial by jury does not include fair use defense; assuming copyrightability, nature of copyrighted work was factor weighing in favor of finding fair use; transformative purpose and character of use constituted factor weighing in favor of finding fair use; amount and substantiality of portion used constituted factor weighing in favor of finding fair use; and market effects constituted factor weighing in favor of finding fair use.