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APIs & Copyrights Moderated 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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The EU has ruled that APIs are not copyrightable and the jury is literally still out in the USA. The implications of a decision could have far-reaching consequences for software and API-based businesses. Should APIs be covered by copyright law? Would developers and innovation be stifled by copyrightable APIs? Or would it afford protection over IP? Join the Apigee team for a discussion of the pros and cons, and the potential consequences if APIs are held to be copyrightable.

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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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groups.google.com/group/api-craft

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youtube.com/apigee

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slideshare.net/apigee

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

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@gbrail@edanuff

@landlessness

@brianpagano

@jhingran

@sramji

@earth2marsh

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Panelist AvengerBrian Pagano Nick FurySam Ramji ThorEd Anuff HawkeyeGreg Brail Captain AmericaAnant Jhingran HulkMarsh Gardiner Iron ManBrian Mulloy Wolverine (alternate)

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

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

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Copyright Law Primer

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Copyright != Trademark != Patent

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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.

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

Oct. 3, 1989

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APIs have been copyrightable for more than 22 years.

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Oracle vs. Google

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Panel Discussion

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How will copyrighted APIs impact developer adoption?

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Some web API providers have explicitly copied other web APIs.

What’s up with that, Marsh?

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

What’s up with that, Anant?

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What do API copyrights mean for web API monetization?

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

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

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Final thoughts?

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Questions from Audience

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THANK YOUQuestions and ideas to:

groups.google.com/group/api-craft

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THANK YOUSubscribe to API webinars at:

youtube.com/apigee

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THANK YOUSubscribe to API slides at:

slideshare.net/apigee

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THANK YOUContact us at:

Sam Ramji@sramji

Ed Anuff@edanuff

Greg Brail@gbrail

Marsh Gardiner@earth2marsh

Brian Mulloy@landlessness

Anant Jhingran@jhingran

Brian Pagano@brianpagano