On Mar 6, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Steve R wrote: > > At 9:09 AM -0500 3/6/09, Dan posted: >> At 4:53 AM -0500 3/6/2009, Nikki Wraith wrote: >>> Breaking Federal law? Err..... IANAL, but I don't get it. You >>> violate >>> the EULA, which would maybe violate contract laws, but what federal >>> law do you speak of? I know some have mentioned the DMCA - but it >>> doesn't apply here because there is no copyright protection >>> circumvention. >> >> The EULA *is* a contract. There are laws governing contracts, >> breach, damages etc at both the Federal and State levels. Depending >> on the type of breach, one might face criminal and/or civil >> consequences. >> >> The DMCA is federal. As for its application here... hacking OS X is >> an act of creating a derivative work, done by decoding part of the >> copyrighted OS. That there decoding is illegal. >> >> These issues will, hopefully, be sorted out by the courts this year. >> Until then, running a hackintosh in a business environment creates a >> rather dangerous liability... > > > And yet some of the greatest inventions have come about by people > hacking what exists to see what else it can do. Maybe this is why > American inventions haven't kept pace with other countries -- too > many lawyers stopping innovations. > > Steve R
Truer words were never spoken Steve. That's why some of us ignore the idiots and just get on with our lives. Just a message from Doug... 1st Hack: GA-945GCMX-S2 - E4500 CPU (2.2 Ghz) - 2 Gb RAM - 7200 GS (256 Mb) 2nd Hack: GA-P35-DS3L (V2) - E8400 CPU (3.0 Ghz -45nm) - 4 Gb RAM - 7200 GS (256 Mb) 3rd Hack: MSI Wind Desktop PC - 945GC - Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz CPU - 2 Gb RAM 4th Hack: GA-EP45-UD3P - Q9550 (2.83 Ghz C2 Quad) - 8 Gb RAM - 8400 GS (256 Mb) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
