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It seems as though Apple is taking legal action and suing Mac clone company Psystar. The rumour mills have been kicked into overdrive with a report from ZDNet that Apple has finally filed suit against the company that began touting Mac clones back in April.
A few months back the media was buzzing with the news of these new fangled Mac clones. There were all sorts of issues from the Psystar website, which crashed for long periods of time from the amount of traffic it was experience, to “discrepancies” with the brick and mortar address for the company.
The address was changed a couple of times, including listing the location of a packing company as the Psystar address. These mistakes were rectified once we cut to the chase and called the president of the computer company ourselves. Rudy Pedraza updated the address on the website while on the phone to Tom’s.
Dodgy address listings and site crashes aside, there was also the issue of Open Computers coming pre-installed with Leopard. The end user licensing agreement for Leopard states that the licence allows you to install, use and run one copy of the OS on a single Apple-labeled computer, operative words being Apple-labeled. According to ComputerWorld (which cites a Miami-based lawyer’s blog) Apple’s legal team are pursuing Psystar’s violation of the Leopard EULA.
When we spoke to Psystar President, Rudy Pedraza back in April, we asked about Apple’s EULA for Leopard and reiterated the fact that no one was allowed to use Leopard on a computer that wasn’t Apple-labeled. Pedraza’s response was,
"We’re going to do it whether Steve Jobs likes it or not."
Then again the president also claimed the company was just trying to help Apple and Steve make some more money.
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"We’re here to help Steve Jobs. He’s not making enough money. We’re here to help him increase sales."
Somehow we’re not quite sure how that’s going to fly in a court of law. Stay tuned for more.
Jane McEntegart is a writer, editor, and marketing communications professional with 17 years of experience in the technology industry. She has written about a wide range of technology topics, including smartphones, tablets, and game consoles. Her articles have been published in Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, MobileSyrup, and Edge Up.
