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The four-year-old saga of Psystar, a Florida Mac clone maker thatwas crushed by Apple, ended Monday when the U.S. Supreme Courtrefused to hear its appeal of a lower court ruling. The decision to not consider the case ( download PDF ) upheld a ruling last September by the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe Ninth Circuit. That ruling confirmed a permanent injunctionagainst Psystar that prevented the company from copying, using orselling OS X, and blocked it from selling machines with Apple'soperating system preinstalled. "We are sad," said K.A.D. Camera of the Houston firm Camera &Sibley LLP, in an email reply today to a request for comment.Camera represented Psystar in its bid to get its appeal heard. "Iexpect the Supreme Court will eventually take a case on thisimportant issue." Last year, Camera had said, "This is far from over," after the Ninth Circuit's decision . Apparently, it is. Psystar and Apple began battling in court in July 2008, when Apple sued the small company over copyright and software licensing violations. Psystar startedselling Mac knock-offs in April of that year, with Apple's OS X10.5, aka Leopard, pre-installed. The case wound down in late 2009, after U.S. District Court JudgeWilliam Alsup ruled that Psystar had violated Apple's copyright aswell as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) when itinstalled Leopard on Intel-based computers. The two companies later reached a partial settlement that requiredPsystar to pay Apple $2.7 million, which according to earlierbankruptcy filings Psystar did not have. Psystar has been barred from selling clones equipped with OS X since December 2009. The company's website has long since disappeared, although thedomain remains in its possession. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsersand general technology breaking news for Computerworld. FollowGregg on Twitter at @gkeizer , on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His email address is. See more by Gregg Keizer on Computerworld.com . Read more about drm and legal issues in Computerworld's DRM and Legal Issues Topic Center. I am an expert from completebathroomsets.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Polyresin Bathroom Set , Bamboo Spice Rack Manufacturer, Bamboo Bathroom Sets,and more.
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