Comments on: With nothing to lose, Psystar now claims Apple didn’t copyright OS X

By: Psystar’s Open(3) caught in the wild

Psystar’s Open(3) caught in the wild — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:47:35 +0000

[...] The Open(3) system they announced last month was expected by some to be a no-show, what with the ongoing dispute with Apple, but it looks like at least one person with a camera has gotten his [...]

By: ZekeCDN

ZekeCDN — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:51:41 +0000

Sorry, said “patent” above when I clearly meant copyright. Got patents on the brain today … and they still must be registered (and approved)!

By: ZekeCDN

ZekeCDN — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:49:36 +0000

Internationally, the requirement to register copyrights was eliminated by the Berne Convention of 1887, and although it took the US another century to fully implement it, since the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988, registration has no longer been required in the USA either. Patent now subsists as soon as the creation has been fixed (i.e. written or recorded on any physical media) and that would even include being written to the developer’s hard drive in his office at Apple.

Pystar isn’t merely grasping at straws here, they are turning the action into a total comedy. Those are mighty expensive laughs they’re going for tho …

By: Anyway

Anyway — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:32:02 +0000

docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2008cv03251/204881/38/0.pdf

FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF
(Copyright Infringement)
(17 U.S.C. Sections 501 et seq.)

25. Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs.

Mac OS, Mac OS X, Mac OS X version 10.5, and Mac OS X Server, individual files constituting components of Mac OS, Mac OS X, Mac OS X version 10.5, and Mac OS X Server, as well as various files constituting components of other Apple software and firmware found on Apple-labeled computers are each original works of authorship created by Apple constituting copyrightable subject matter (hereafter, “the Copyrighted Works”). Apple is the owner of, among others, United States copyright registrations TX4-669-971 (Mac OS); TX5-401-457 (Mac OS X); TX6-849-489 (Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5); TX4-991-736 (Mac OS X Server); and TX6-849-684 (Mac OS X Server Version 10.5 Leopard). The effective date of Apple’s copyright registrations predates the commencement of infringement by Psystar.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:37:12 +0000

Registering a copyright with the copyright office is not required by law. A “creative work” (which is what Mac OS X is) is automatically copyrighted when it is created (Berne Convention, 1952).

Registering the copyright just makes it easier to sue people later.

By: Paul G

Paul G — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:36:09 +0000

Psystar almost got it right or is it write for Apple did not Copywrite they Copyright – confused they are like this comment.