Re: This would also affect the GPL. (Score 5, Informative)

That escalated quickly. You're probably trolling at this point but for the benefit of other readers: The above is wrong. An API (as the name implies) is an interface between programs or databases. The heavy lifting is done on one side or the other of an API, not within it. If the supreme court says that APIs are can be copyrighted then a huge part of the digital world becomes instantly illegal. It would be catastrophic. Hate Google all you want, there are good reasons to, but in this case they're not just fighting for themselves, intentionally or not they're also fighting for the tech world as a whole.