Apple sues Psystar for license violations, copyright infringement

Listen to the filings here, read by the Alex voice.


http://www.v3motors.com/apple-filed-suit-against-psystar-07-03-08/

Thank goodness, personally I'm sorry but I feel as a Apple buyer and user the use of OSX should be limited to buyers of full Apple systems. People point out all the time about this selective myth about Apples costing more than Windows PC. Well I pay that extra for the joy and right of running OSX, I dont think every Tom Dick or Harry ok or Sue, should be allowed to run it on any system they want. You want OSX buy a Mac if you want Linux or Windows buy any-other system your heart desires, just don't expect to run OSX.

odd... now I am hungry for a banana...

Apple is certainly not doing this for money. They're doing it for their brand image.

People using these are going to have all kinds of compatibility problems and it makes Apple look bad. It makes Mac OS X appear buggy...

I say good! Not that I'm necessarily in favor of Apple's EULA and ToS regarding software and hardware terms, but this company is clearly totally, totally shady. They build cheap-ass computers in some warehouse (which only existed after the press found out that they were originally doing it in mom's basement), take software from the hackint0sh community, appear to make it seem like it is their own, charge for it (and to "support it") and lie to the media by saying that they are going to "be in retail stores" (it is hard enough for legitimate PC manufacturers to get retail space, let alone fly-by-night companies).

Good riddance.

Many of you don't get it. In the US Legal system, the party with the most $$ is the party that will likely win.

In this case, even if the law is against Apple, Apple will likely win!!

Apple will likely draw out proceedings with useless motion after useless motion etc. Eventually Pystar will likely throw up its hands, say "I just can't afford all of this" and close down its operations.

Wow it's one big ad revenue bonanza, tuaw links to engadget which links to zdnet blog #1 which links to zdnet blog #2 which finally links to the original source on zdnet blog #3. The lawsuit may be bad for Psystar, but I'm seems like somebody is making money off it.

Bottom line, it goes against the agreement you made when you opened the software. Ta-ta pystar.... Besides macs are trouble enough, imagine running it on vanilla hw?

Notice they did NOT sue over a violation of the EULA? I'm sure Apple does not want that tested in court!!

Apple makes the hardware and the software. It's not that they are against people installing OS X on systems that aren't mac, they just don't support it. They have no requirement to warrant repairs or changes in the software if they don't work on that computer. Their reasoning is to protect their products image of being trouble-free (which it's not, but it's the image) and by allowing installs on machines that aren't Apple manufactured is diluting the brand name and the good name that Apple has built.

Make your own Hackintosh, but don't try to sell them because Apple might lay the smack down.