Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Aug 2008 22:21 UTC, submitted by tzineos
Mac clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anticompetitive business practices. Miami-based Psystar, owned by Rudy Pedraza, will sue Apple under two federal laws designed to discourage monopolies and cartels, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act, saying Apple's tying of the Mac OS to Apple-labeled hardware is "an anticompetitive restrain of trade", according to attorney Colby Springer of antitrust specialists Carr & Ferrell. Psystar is requesting that the court find Apple's EULA void, and is asking for unspecified damages. Psystar's attorneys are calling Apple's allegations of Psystar's copyright infringement "misinformed and mischaracterized". Psystar argues that its OpenComputer product is shipped with a fully licensed, unmodified copy of Mac OS X, and that the company has simply "leveraged open source-licensed code including Apple's OS" to enable a PC to run the Mac operating system.
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2006-12-15
Doh! So if I go buy a game, and then try to run it on my 286 and it doesn't work, then they are "restricting" me from running it on my hardware? Give me a break! All software is designed for some target specifications, which may or may not fit the particular machine you are using. It is up to you to get it to run on machines that do not fit the target specifications. "
Albeit the situation is extreme, its not really that far of a reach in logic. Why shouldn't they be required to support legacy hardware and alternate platforms? I mean, saying that companies can alter and resell your product under their brand sounds just as ludicrous to me.
Pystar isn't a person, they're a company. Apple hasn't gone after the Hacintosh community, (ie individuals hacking their own hardware to run MOSX), they've gone after a company making monetary gain off of their IP.