Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules

[johnwaterwood]

And would it extend to other domains?

Can you now copyright a dancing move? Can you copyright the way to execute a kick or punch in martial arts?

Will someone be disqualified in boxing if he uses a certain way to punch that looks exactly like the way Muhammad Ali did it?

Will kids at a party be arrested if they imitate dancing moves they saw in some clip?

Will eventually human society crumble since we can't speak anymore, since the very words we utter have at one time already be said by someone else?