Barack Obama Administration Asks US Top Court Not to Hear Google Copyright Fight

Washington: The Obama administration on Tuesday sided against Google Inc and said the US Supreme Court should not hear the company's appeal in a case against Oracle Corp with wide implications for the technology industry, according to a court filing.

The case involves how much copyright protection should extend to the Java programming language. Oracle won a federal appeals court ruling last year that allows it to copyright parts of Java, while Google argues it should be free to use Java without paying a licensing fee.