[Rant]

Thanks to MacOS Ken for alerting me to the UK Macworld article.

On Friday, Alsup said that Psystar could continue to press its once-dismissed case. "Psystar may well have a legitimate interest in establishing misuse [of copyright] independent of Apple's claims against it - for example, to clarify the risks it confronts by marketing the products at issue in this case or others it may wish to develop," Alsup said in his ruling…

Alsup also said that if Psystar proves that Apple abused copyright laws, some of Apple's charges against the company would be moot…

He also seemed to say that that others would then be free to follow in Psystar's footsteps. "Moreover, if established, misuse would bar enforcement (for the period of misuse) not only as to defendants who are actually party to the challenged license but also as to potential defendants not themselves injured by the misuse who may have similar interests," said Alsup in his ruling.


A small victory for the anti-software-DRM folks.