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Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
From Communications of the ACM

How large language models are influencing online communities.

Gordon Burtch, Dokyun Lee, Zhichen Chen | March 1, 2024
Copyrightability of Java APIs Revisited
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Copyrightability of Java APIs Revisited

A recent case challenges the long-standing view that application program interfaces are not protectable under copyright law. Pamela Samuelson
From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2015
Oracle v. Google
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Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Copyrightable?

Assessing the first phase of the trial based on claims that Google's Android platform infringes Oracle's Java-related copyrights and patents. Pamela Samuelson
From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2012
Why Do Software Startups Patent (or Not)?
From Communications of the ACM

Why Do Software Startups Patent (or Not)?

Assessing the controversial results of a recent empirical study of the role of intellectual property in software startups. Pamela Samuelson
From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
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