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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. Re:I've been bricked before by Predius · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who said he pirated anything? I bought a boxed copy of Panther for my frankenmac.

  2. Re:In Proof Of Stupid, Look No Further by alienw · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hahahaha, you are completely fucking retarded. Just so you know, none of what you are claiming is actually true. Lexmark vs. SCC has absolutely no bearing in this situation, since it was purely a copyright case. That case established that an authentication code is not copyrightable, since it's purely functional rather than creative. If you are saying Mac OS X is not copyrightable, I want some of what you are smoking.

  3. Re:WTF by trum4n · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is why Windows has mouse support. The Apple folks didn't copyright it, and the Microsoft crew got a copy of the disk, and then copyrighted it for themselves.