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Psystar Misses Another Deadline to Respond, Given Extension

by , 12:30 PM EDT, August 19th, 2008

Psystar has missed another deadline to respond to Apple's complaint, but has been given an extension to August 28th. This is not an unusual event, and extensions for filing are routinely granted.

An attorney who watches the case told TMO that Psystar's attorneys came in late, and such an extension is reasonable to allow them to prepare for such a complex case.

However, now that two extensions have been granted, that's likely the limit of the court's tolerance unless Psystar and its attorneys come up with a very good reason. The next deadline for a response is Aug 28, and more should be known at that time.

Apple is suing Psystar for violation of its shrink wrap license, trademark and copyright infringement. Apple's Mac OS X license says that the OS can only be installed on Apple labelled computers, but in May 2008, Psystar started shipping their own Mac compatible PCs with Mac OS X pre-installed.

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Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:49 pm Subject: hope

Hope psystar wins this case!


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Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:49 pm Subject: Good luck Psystar, win win win!

Crosses fingers....


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Close Name:Guest
Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:20 pm Subject: These comments don't make sense...

You think Bill Gates would ever allow any computer maker to NOT pay a license fee for any Windows OS?


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Close Name:Terrin Posts: 414 Joined: 29 Jan 2006
Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:18 pm Subject:

I guess you think it is OK for a company to steal another companies product and use it for it's economic gain. It isn't as if Apple is going after regular people wanting to install OSX on a PC. Apple is going after a company who has created nothing and is undermining Apple's business model of being a hardware company who uses software to increase hardware sales. If Pystar wins, Apple most likely will move to tier pricing for it's OS. You will see an upgrade price and a full install price. The full install price will be expensive.


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Hope psystar wins this case!


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Close Name:xmattingly Posts: 266 Joined: 31 Jul 2007
Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:44 pm Subject:

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Hope psystar wins this case!
They won't.


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Close Name:Jimbode Posts: 7 Joined: 19 Nov 2007
Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:48 pm Subject:

I hope the little man wins. It's going to open up all sorts of hell, Pandora's box etc., I can't see how but I still hope Psystar wins.


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Close Name:xmattingly Posts: 266 Joined: 31 Jul 2007
Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:21 am Subject: Don't hold your breath

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I hope the little man wins.
For what reason should they win this case? Because they are illegally distributing Apple products for profit, in spite of Apple's clearly stated EULA? Or simply because they are "the little man"?

If you are in any line of work that involves content creation and copyrighted work, you'd be damn stupid to not vehemently protect your materials, which is what Apple is doing. Clearly you are not in that line of business; I hope you can at least understand the moral dilemma in things like downloading pirated music off the internet. I like a good underdog story as much as anyone else, but I will always side with whoever has rights to intellectual property. In this case Psystar is not the "little guy", they're simply thieves.

Trust me, they won't win this case. You can bank on it.


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Close Name:Nookster Posts: 111 Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:38 pm Subject: Oh dear...

I have no allegiance either way for various reasons (because they are COMPANIES for one), but it's difficult to ignore the fact that the pro-Psystar posters are able to comment without feeling the need to resort to attacking other posts, generally mouthing off etc.

Speaks volumes for the respective mentalities at play.


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