Well, they sort of do. When existing precedent is clearly outside the bounds of what's considered "just" today, it's not unknown for SCOTUS to discover a new right or reinterpret a precedent. That said, they (rightly) mostly rely on precedent and the law rather than deciding on the basis of the good of the many by their lights.
As someone else in the comments said, I'm on Google's side here on the basis of this being the general industry assumption for a long time and interoperability generally being a good thing. On the other hand, does anyone here honestly believe that a complex API some team spent a lot of time designing isn't really a creative work?
As someone else in the comments said, I'm on Google's side here on the basis of this being the general industry assumption for a long time and interoperability generally being a good thing. On the other hand, does anyone here honestly believe that a complex API some team spent a lot of time designing isn't really a creative work?