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Mac Clone Maker Saga Ends As SCOTUS Denies Appeal

CWmike writes "The four-year-old saga of Psystar, a Florida Mac clone maker that was crushed by Apple, ended Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear its appeal of a lower court ruling. The decision to not consider the case (download PDF) upheld a ruling last September by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. That ruling confirmed a permanent injunction against Psystar that prevented the company from copying, using or selling OS X, and blocked it from selling machines with Apple's operating system preinstalled. 'We are sad,' said K.A.D. Camera of the Houston firm Camera & Sibley LLP, in an email reply today to a request for comment. Camera represented Psystar in its bid to get its appeal heard. 'I expect the Supreme Court will eventually take a case on this important issue.' Last year, Camera had said, 'This is far from over,' after the Ninth Circuit's decision. Apparently, it is."

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  1. Why would you TRY to run a Mac clone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I could understand if your computer was infected by AIDS and you didn't have a choice, but why would somebody ruin a perfectly good computer by smearing Oh Es Hex all over its hard drive?

    Keep your dick in the vag, and keep your computer on linucks or windoze.