- Psystar Corporation
Psystar Corporation is a Florida-based electronics company, which sells surveillance, communication, and most popularly "Open Computers" made popular by the option to pre-install them with
Mac OS X Leopard and making them the first commercially distributedHackintosh es.This was announced on Monday, April 14, 2008, according to published reports. [ [http://www.crn.com/hardware/207200440 Psystar Releases Mac Clone] ]
Legal Issues
Rudy Pedraza also said Psystar believes Apple's prohibition against third-party installations might not hold up in court: "What ifHonda said that, after you buy their car, you could only drive it on the roads they said you could?"Rudy said Psystar will continue to sell the OpenPC system, despite the fact that it appears to violate Apple's [http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx105.pdf Mac OS X EULA] . "We're not breaking any laws," he insisted. [ [http://www.macrumors.com/2008/04/14/psystar-to-challenge-mac-os-x-eula/ Psystar to Challenge Mac OS X Eula?] ]
On July 3rd, 2008, Apple filed a lawsuit against Psystar in the District Court of
Northern California [ [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9991572-56.html Apple sues clone maker Psystar] ] . A case management conference is scheduled for October 22nd to plan out future proceedings of the trial.On August 28th, 2008, Psystar Corporation responded to Apple's claims of copyright infringement, and is also countersuing Apple for anti competitive business practices, monopolistic behaviour, and
copyright misuse . [ [http://www.psystar.com/apple_v_psystar_answer_a_counterclaim_filed.html Psystar: Apple v. Psystar - Answer & Counterclaim Filed ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.psystar.com/ Official site]
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