Thread: Psystar Guilty in Violating Apple Copyright & DMCA

Quote: Originally Posted by kllrnohj Actually, reverse engineering for interoperability *IS* legal. The DMCA doesn't govern reverse engineering at all. What the DMCA does say is that it is illegal to bypass any form of DRM or access control. And, as logic would dictate, if you have to reverse engineer that access control or DRM, you are prohibited from doing so by the DMCA.

Quote: Originally Posted by Monkey34 No-one answered his question. I'm not familiar enough with Apple's rules to give a definitive answer......I don't buy, fix, or use their products at all. My guess is that hardware is defined as an apple box with an apple MB. Regardless, I think that Apple would argue that you must have a license for OSX before you can buy another license. And to be clear that means that the original license...

Quote: Originally Posted by stop!theradio Fix't. It's so true...

Quote: Originally Posted by 4b5eN+EE Macs are 100% PC compatible. Under the skin they are an intel processor on an intel chipset with regular pc components. Bootcamp is a GUI to partition the HDD safely and install the proper drivers. With a Mac and a blank harddrive, you can put a Windows disc in, boot straight to the disc, and load Windows 100% the same as you could on a PC? I was under the impression something needed to translate the EFI...

Vista SP1 and later have EFI support. It's only XP that lacks it.

Quote: Originally Posted by westrock2000 BTW, does mean I broke the Apple law because I upgraded my Mac with a harddrive and memory that I bought at Fry's? The hardware does not say Apple on it, so that means running OSX on is against the Apple law? No-one answered his question. I'm not familiar enough with Apple's rules to give a definitive answer......I don't buy, fix, or use their products at all.

I don't understand how they violated the DMCA. They're emulating EFI... it's not like they're using hacked kernels or anything. Can you seek an appeal for a civil trial?

The DMCA needs to die.

Looks like the judge was paid off

Quote: Originally Posted by ol1bit Our couurt system sucks anymore... Err um DCMA sucks donkey balls. Yeah the DMCA is the problem. The job of the courts is simply to enforce the law, and as of now the DMCA is law.