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Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS

Posted by kdawson on from the that-would-be-an-oopsie dept.

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.

3 of 648 comments (clear)

  1. I've been bricked before by jciarlan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've had my osx86 machine bricked by updates, not to the point of hardware failure, but to the point of unrecoverableness. There's actually a .kext file that they put in called "dont_steal_macosx.kext" or something similar, but I guess that's a risk you have to take with this kind of software

  2. Re:Berne convention? by corsec67 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why would I want to sue myself?

    To make the lawyers rich.

    Isn't that why anyone sues anyone?

    Although, I am sure that there was at least one case of "John Doe Vs. John Doe LLC", or someone suing their own sole-proprietorship.

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    If I have nothing to hide, don't search me
  3. they also have a backup plan by GregNorc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself; What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.