Abusing Copyrights to Silence Critics, Control Customers, and Crush Competition

Posted by tuxchick on Dec 29, 2009 6:26 PM EDT
Linux Today Blog; By Carla Schroder
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Hardly a day goes by without yet another news story about creative uses of copyright, the DMCA, and generic attack lawyers to stifle free speech, criticism, and competition. It seems that money can buy all kinds of creative "justice." For example, in the increasingly bizarre Apple vs. Psystar drama, in which Psystar commited the awful crime of selling a tool to help customers install Mac OS X on the hardware of their choice, Apple have prevailed yet again in court, and Psystar cannot do this anymore.

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