<p>The US Supreme Court on Monday gave Google a major win in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle, ruling that the use of the Java programming language for the Android mobile operating system was "fair use."</p>.<p>The 6-2 ruling had been closely watched as a key test of copyright in digital era, and allows Google to avoid paying out billions to its technology rival.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/can-google-be-the-anti-amazon-of-ecommerce-968945.html">Can Google be the anti-Amazon of ecommerce?</a></strong></p>.<p>Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the court opinion that even if Google used copyrightable material, "the copying here at issue nonetheless constituted a fair use. Hence, Google's copying did not violate the copyright law."</p>
<p>The US Supreme Court on Monday gave Google a major win in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle, ruling that the use of the Java programming language for the Android mobile operating system was "fair use."</p>.<p>The 6-2 ruling had been closely watched as a key test of copyright in digital era, and allows Google to avoid paying out billions to its technology rival.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/can-google-be-the-anti-amazon-of-ecommerce-968945.html">Can Google be the anti-Amazon of ecommerce?</a></strong></p>.<p>Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the court opinion that even if Google used copyrightable material, "the copying here at issue nonetheless constituted a fair use. Hence, Google's copying did not violate the copyright law."</p>