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Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS
Preedit writes "Mac cloner Psystar is claiming in new court papers that Apple's copyright suit against it should be dismissed, because Apple has never filed for copyright protection on Mac OS X 10.5 with the US Copyright Office. Infoweek is reporting that the claim, if it holds up, could open the door for third-parties to enter the Mac market without fear of legal action from Apple. In its latest set of allegations, Psystar is also accusing Apple of bricking Macs that don't run on genuine Apple hardware." We've been following the Psystar-Apple imbroglio since the beginning.
Yeah, damn them for wanting to compete in some kind of open market. Apple has a right to a monopoly!
How we know is more important than what we know.
I can't believe you just said you like to stick rotting vegetables up your butt. Oh, you mean that when you say "I paid $800 for my 2.6Ghz dual core mac!" you actually mean what the words plainly mean? Sorry about my confusion. Why don't you do the world a favor and stop saying "brick" when what you actually mean is "Apple's updates don't include the third-party kludges that allow me to violate their license and run their software on my generic PC."
Apple doesn't blame you, but they really do wish you'd get their logo tattooed on your face. I suppose though that if wishes were fishes we'd all eat fried chicken. I guess we don't get what we want.
They could, but that's not why they sell hardware. Hardware to Apple is only a glorified copy protection dongle. They make it shiney and metal and the fucktard Apple users eat it up.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
"No, it's an upgrade without any irritating copy protection"
If it's installed on a blank hard drive, WTF are you upgrading from?
Oh right, nothing. Sucks for you that you're completely wrong, and seem to have no fucking idea what "upgrade" means.
"Any copy of OS X other than the one that came with your Mac, whether it checks or not, is an upgrade copy because there is no way to use it without a) already owning a copy of OS X (and a Mac), or b) violating the license."
BZZZT! Sorry no part of "violating the license" makes it an upgrade fanboi, you're creating a criteria out of thin air because you know you're wrong.
How do you people delude yourselves so thoroughly?
"The government grants you rights, not the other way around."-- beav007. Yes, these people really exist...