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Apple Uses DMCA to Halt DVD burning

Posted by pudge on from the oh-well dept.

VValdo writes "According to news.com, Apple has warned one of its own dealers to stop handing out a patch to allow DVD burning with iDVD on non-Apple hardware." Mmmmm, laws.

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  1. Why no OS X on Intel by chill · · Score: 1, Troll

    This also highlites why there is no OS X for Intel hardware. Apple makes by far most of its money selling machines. Apple does not sell Intel hardware. Apple couldn't get the same margins selling Intel hardware.

    Remember, one of the first things Jobs did upon his return was to kill the recently authorized Mac Clone market.

    Apple does what is in Apple's best interests -- selling more Apple hardware. NOT what is necessarily in the user's/dealer's best interest. Frequently there is an overlap, but when they DO conflict, Apple will always side with Apple.

    There may eventually be an OS X for Intel, but it will take a major thought-process shift in the upper echelons of Apple.

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  2. Stupid Steve... *REALLY* Stupid... by Arcturax · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just when he is getting on the good sides of the geek community, he pulls a stunt like this.

    Now he might as well burn DMCA into his forehead because he is going to have the stink of that law around him for all time for this stunt.

    You know, instead of attacking OWC with a bad law which will definately get them REALLY bad publicity, even among their own ranks, why didn't Jobs cut a deal with OWC instead?

    Make iDVD part of the OWC DVD burner bundle? No piracy concerns there now are there?

    If he thinks this will boost Mac sales, he's fooling himself. If they are going for a cheaper 3 rd party DVD burner, then maybe it is because they *CAN'T AFFORD A NEW MAC RIGHT NOW* or simply bought one which had no DVD burner at the time or wish to hook one up to a Powerbook or iBook and burn DVD's on the go.

    Companies like Dell have to live with the fact that any schmuck can go build their own PC for 2/3 the cost of a premade PC but they are still in buisiness.

    So Steve, please learn to fucking compete instead of using unconstitutional laws to hurt your own 3rd party developers.

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    --Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop. - Dr. Walter Gibbs