Apple finally sues unauthorized clone maker Psystar

[dungeon92]

[frankdawsonjr]

Now reports are coming out that Apple wants Psystar to recall all of the Open Computers it has sold with OSX on it. Don't see how they could do this, Its not like you purchased stolen goods! I think Psystar will fold before any of this gets to that point, or court for that matter!
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[Chris..S]

I don't think a warranty can prohibit. But they can make conditions that either void the warranty or don't trigger it. E.g. If you install Linux on your mini and can't get the wifi to work its not Apple's problem.

The real difference is that Microsoft has a monopoly so the rules are different for it. Apple couldn't necessarily do the stuff it does, if it had a monopoly.

e.g. iPhone. while the iPhone is a small player in the market its reasonable for Apple to tie itself to single networks in countries where that is possible. There are plenty of other phones available for people on other networks. If the iPhone grew to have 70% of the market, then its likely that Apple could be forced to make the phone available to other networks.

[devo]

[dungeon92]

[frankdawsonjr]

[JohnnyBoy]

Here come the judge!

"Apple wins crushing victory over Mac cloner"
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[Aquafire]

Not quite the "Crushing victory" the headline says.

So far, the judge has only ruled on the issue of the one copy of OS X that was bought legally but then illegally cloned / imaged to Pystar's machines.

"Psystar argued that since it had purchased the copy of OS X which it then copied onto the clone PCs, it owned that copy and could do with it whatever it wished.

Nonsense, said Judge Alsup.

“The copies at issue here were not lawfully manufactured with the authorization of the copyright owner,” he wrote in his ruling.

“Psystar made an unauthorized copy of Mac OS X from a Mac mini that was placed onto an ‘imaging station’ and then used a ‘master copy’ to make many more unauthorized copies that were installed on individual Psystar computers.”
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That is where Pystar went wrong.

I suspect that if they (Pystar) had paid for individual copies of OS X; using one license per one machine, then the judge may have issued a different ruling.

As for the rest of Apples claims.

They remain unanswered as of the moment.

Aqua
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