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I don't see what the issue over this is. The headline is sensationalist and misleading, what Apple is claiming is technically correct. Booting a Pystar computer
by benofsky 17y ago
I don't see what the issue over this is. The headline is sensationalist and misleading, what Apple is claiming is technically correct. Booting a Pystar computer does create an unlawful copy of OS X in memory because OS X isn't licensed to run on these computers.
- DrJokepu 17y agoIt's actually at least four unlawful copies. One in the cache memory of the hard drive, one in the RAM, one in the L2 and one in the L1 cache.
- mindslight 17y agoJust like playing a CD in an unapproved player (with skip protection) creates an unlawful copy in memory? A copyright is not absolute ownership of a bit pattern, but a balance of the interests of consumers and producers. Apple is clearly attempting to abuse copyright law; such in-memory copies are implicitly granted with the disc as they're necessarily for the software to operate.
- benofsky 17y ago> such in-memory copies are implicitly granted with the disc The story isn't saying no-one is allowed turn on their Macs because we're pirating OS X by making copies of it. Apple's point is Pystar is breaking the license under which OS X is distributed by installing it on a non-Apple computer therefore any copy is an unlawful copy.
- tedunangst 17y agoWhen you buy a CD, does it come with a license that only authorizes it for play in approved players? No.
- mindslight 17y agoAnd if it did, would it be enforceable or laughable? How would playing an audio CD even require agreeing to a license? The original seller may have agreed to a shrinkwrap contract, but one purchasing a used CD certainly hasn't. Copyright protection coverts duplicating the content of an object, not use of the object.
- joubert 17y agoWell, the fine print on most of my CD's include the prohibition of unauthorized LENDING of the disc.