Psystar Tries Again
by Wyatt WalterOnce again, Psystar is going after Apple, this time a little bit more on the defense. It claims that the license was not violated by selling the product because that would violate “17 U.S.C.” which states that copy-righted material can be sold after being purchased from the copyright holder. Psystar claims that since it bought legitimate copies of OS X directly from Apple that it has the right to redistribute and sell as they wanted according to the law. Apple, of course, is sticking to its guns: the EULA. To quote the EULA for OS X “Leopard”:
You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so.
Seems pretty clear to me.. In fact, they are either installing the software (a violation of the EULA) or helping their customers install the software while misleading them to think it was legal (not only is Psystar violating the EULA, but also the customers).
Psystar is also telling Apple that it can’t accept compensation for the software and refuse to allow them to resell it on their hardware. Unfortunately for Psystar, the logic doesn’t quite make sense. I can buy all the software that I want and throw it in the corner to let it collect dust and Apple isn’t going to care. In fact, they’d make the money while not having to support the software (finally, a business that didn’t have to deal with disgruntled customers!). I’ve shared my opinion before in my blog, but our tax dollars have real problems to worry about without having its time wasted with companies whose very core violate the law and accuse others of wronging them.
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Jan 14th, 2009
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January 14th, 2009 at 1:35 am
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