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Wasn't the "prioritary API" but resolved in Oracle vs Google? I was under the impression that an API is like a phone book and a you cannot copyright a collection of phone numbers. How is the API claim legally defensible?

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I had that thought too, but that case involved Google reimplementing a published API. This case is about using an unpublished API.

Wouldn't putting it into production be a form of publication? If a phone book is printed in invisible ink, it's still printed.

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