PsyStar files a counterclaim against Apple

The manufacturer of Macintosh computer clones, Psystar, is preparing its response in the copyright infringement case of Apple.
Psystar accuses Apple of running an "anti-competitive business."


The clone maker will sue Apple according to two federal laws designed to temper monopoly and cartels, believing that tying Mac OS to Apple computers is nothing more than “incompetent restriction of free trade”. Psystar requires the court to recognize the end-user license agreement (EULA) of Apple as legally binding and requires compensation, the amount of which does not indicate.
Meanwhile, Counsel Colby Springer, to whom Psystar refers in a statement, said that his firm had not filed any lawsuits, either to the Federal Trade Commission or to any other government agencies.
The response and the counterclaim will be filed on Thursday afternoon in the Northern California District Court.
Psystar owner Rudi Pedraza attended a press conference that his lawyers gathered to explain how Psystar will protect its Mac clone OpenComputer.
Psystar attorneys call Apple’s copyright infringement claims bankrupt and unfounded. Psystar points out that their computers come with a licensed and unmodified copy of Mac OS X, and that the company simply “used open-source code, including Apple OS” to make it possible to launch OS X on a regular PC.
Pedraza says he wants to make Mac OS “more affordable” by offering it on a cheaper hardware platform.
“My goal is to provide an alternative, not to make Mac OS free. All we want is to provide an alternative, another option ... The point is not that people do not want to use Mac OS, many people like her idea and they are open to it, but they don’t want to spend an unreasonably high price for the most common hardware. ”
Apple has 30 days to respond to Psystar's counterclaim, and the corporation has already refused to comment on the incident.

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