Psystar is an American company headquartered in Miami , Florida . Since 2008, the company has been manufacturing computers under the OpenComputer brand, as an option for which it is proposed to preinstall the Mac OS X Leopard operating system . Thus, Psystar became the first company to commercially distribute Hakintosh computers.
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Location | Florida, United States |
Products | Computers, software, consumer electronics |
Lawsuits
November 14, 2009 Psystar was found guilty of violating an enormous number of Apple 's copyrights and patents, modifying the kernel and removing extensions from there, and therefore hacking software for commercial gain. Psystar’s lawsuit on Apple ’s abuse of the Mac’s market was also dismissed. The court decided that Apple only protects its own software within the law. PsyStar could appeal to a higher court before February 2010, which she did, saying: “We do not agree with the court’s decision. Psystar never put up with computer piracy and will not do that. This is your software, and you can use it as you like. ”Psystar did not stop selling its PCs, but only replaced Mac OS X with Linux. By the way, the hardware is still fully compatible with Mac OS X and does not require any additional drivers.
The company Psystar, a manufacturer of clones of Mac computers, has signed a settlement agreement with Apple and pledged to pay her $ 2.68 million, reports AppleInsider. Half of this amount is intended to compensate for legal costs, while the other half compensates for damages resulting from violation of copyright laws. The defendant also promised to stop selling computers with installed Mac OS X. The plaintiff, in turn, is obliged to withdraw the lawsuit against Psystar and not to make further accusations of unfair competition, violation of the use of the trademark, etc. The parties also agreed that The agreement will not be used in a parallel lawsuit, in which Psystar accuses Apple of violating the fair trade law.
Psystar also does not intend to stop selling the Rebel EFI application, which allows you to install Mac OS X on any computers. According to a company representative, the Rebel EFI program was not mentioned in the Apple lawsuit. Probably, Psystar will even be able to avoid payments in the amount of $ 2.68 million, because at the moment the value of all the assets of the company does not exceed $ 50 thousand. Apple stressed that even compensation in the amount of $ 2.68 million cannot be compared with the scale of damage caused by reputation of a company from Cupertino.