The Josh Kagan Blog

Briefly This Week

Here are some of the issues I’m following this week:

• A company named Psystar made headlines yesterday by offering to sell low-cost computers that are pre-loaded with the retail version of Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard,” the next-generation operating system that Apple includes on new Macs and sells at retail as an upgrade for other Macs.  The problem is that Leopard’s EULA specifically forbids installing it on non-Apple hardware.  Now Psystar is threatening to challenge the enforceability of Leopard’s EULA if Apple mounts a legal action.  Probably a bad idea.
• Zango v. Kapersky: A software vendor is upset with the developer of an anti-spyware app that classified its product as malware.
• Elektra v. Barker: More on whether “making available” a copyrighted file constitutes infringement.