Psystar might be dead ?

[Taisto]

Groklaw reports on the early outcome of the Apple vs. Psystar case from a report filed on Friday. According to the court documents, Apple's motion for summary judgment on copyright infringement and DMCA violation is granted. ( extract from Macrumors.com )

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Read more here : http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/14/apple-wins-judgement-against-psystar-for-mac-os-x-copyright-infringement/

So what do You think guys ? Is Apple - and somehow osx86 scene - safe ? Cause if Psystar won, Apple might be in hurry to do something about us...

[thorazine74]

I dont think apple is worried about the scene per se but the commercial use of the hacks, at least for now, even with psystar crushed down apple will have to face other businesses competing with them, specially in other countries where eula are more like wet paper than a deal with the devil and where there is no dmca bshit. Its not that difficult, as long you dont sell os x preinstalled you would be relatively safe...
Of course that could change if more competition arise for them they may decide to lock down os x to apple hardware even more...

[maximara]

I dont think apple is worried about the scene per se but the commercial use of the hacks, at least for now, even with psystar crushed down apple will have to face other businesses competing with them, specially in other countries where eula are more like wet paper than a deal with the devil and where there is no dmca bshit. Its not that difficult, as long you dont sell os x preinstalled you would be relatively safe...
Of course that could change if more competition arise for them they may decide to lock down os x to apple hardware even more...

Actually given the EU has its own version of the DMCA called the Copyright Directive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Directive) the only serious countries left (I expect the German and UK Mac cloners to be soon shut down under the EUDC) would be Russia who according to the BSA is only second to China in percentage (68 percent vs 80 percent) of pirated software-- not markets Apple was expecting anyhow.

If you really look mos tof the people complaining about Apple's prices don't understand that the low end (<US$600 market has such razor thin margins that even some Japanese companies have elected not to go into that market.

[thorazine74]

From what I understand they only sell hardware, not os x right?
Anyway, not that I simpatize with psystar but I dont understand why side with apple in this, they are just protecting their market share with same evil means as other corporations...

[00010]

Well I think if OSx86 is "Mass Produced" on a corporate scale, Then apple is going to implement even harder to hack hardware, But at the same time they can't invest millions just to keep hackers out by designing " hack proof" hardware, So we should be in the good either ways its just better for us if Phystar lost so apple wouldn't implement these "harsh" measures , But it would be better if atleaste the hardware wasn't made to be harder to hack, Just software, That...we can handle....;)