Veneco Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Apple sued Wired for posting a video in which is explained how to install Hackintosh on a MSI netbook. The video describes the steps necessary to install the OS and have it fully working, including changing the wireless card to be able to access internet. Video: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/gadget-lab-vide.html Article (Gizmodo): http://i.gizmodo.com/5131264/the-netbook-h...suing-wired-for Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
krrr Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 WOW , its gonna be a WARRRR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauℓzurrr. Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Their not gonna be sued because of the video tutorial... "Update: Apple is not suing Wired over the Hackintosh tutorial. My misunderstanding." http://twitter.com/bxchen/statuses/1119061463 Update2 @ gizmodo Wired got back to us. The official story is that they're not being sued, but they have pulled the video after reviewing Apple's complaint about it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGreg Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 So I guess we'll just have to go to YouTube and watch the oh... 600+ hackintosh vids! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Its great that wired has caught on to the hackintosh world, but frankly I find it highly disrespectful that they rarely give credit to any of its members, and act as if they are the first and only ones to have OSx86. Really, they've done nothing and yet... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordee Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Yes.. but think of all their free publicity now... "WE NOT BEING SUED BY APPLE!! News at 11" They're blog the fact that they're not doing anything, but with style. Meanwhile.... back on the frozen tundra... a snow leopard stalks its prey...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 rofl if Apple actually sued them Apple would fall in line with the most mentally challenged companies in history. You can't sue someone for putting up a video, look at YouTube for example, there is a ton of copyrighted stuff there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 what a bunch of pansies Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiGiCiD@L Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Although I understand their party-line at Apple, and after all - corporate litigators need love too - even filing complaints against the media for reporting on news is a sad comment in and of itself. I have to wonder what the future holds for Apple - not speculating, just wondering... I mean here's a company that acts as if it's products are so great they can save the world from famine and disease - and hey, why not - I think Steve Jobs thinks that to some extent. However, when you have hardware refreshes less often than some automakers - how long can you expect to gain traction in a market that is constantly drawn to the 'latest and greatest'. Not to mention that today's consumers are far more fickle and transient than ever before. Of course, there is the fanboy effect - but that can only take you so far and for so long... JMHO YMMV. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 You can't sue someone for putting up a video No but you could sue them for breaking the license agreement, which clearly states that you are not allowed to assist or help anyone to install OS X on a non-Apple machine.... This is why the turtle known as Wired removed the video and crawled back into their shell. Oh an youtube has been sued many times before, including Viacom’s one billion dollar lawsuit against youtube. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1041760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 rofl if Apple actually sued them Apple would fall in line with the most mentally challenged companies in history. You can't sue someone for putting up a video, look at YouTube for example, there is a ton of copyrighted stuff there If I put up a video on how to kill a man in the slowest, most torturous way possible and someone did it, I'd have the holy hell sued out of me. If I put up a video showing how to circumvent the door sensors at a store and someone did it, I'd have the holy hell sued out of me. If I put up a video about how to do copyright infringement/license agreement breaking/whatever the {censored} the current term for it is and someone does it, I'd have the holy hell sued out of me. See a pattern here? Videos about illegal activities get the holy hell sued out of you. Youtube has been sued several times before over copyright infringement and anyone can report a video for copyright infringement and have it removed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1050996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Can you really compare killing and shoplifting to running Mac OS X on an x86 PC? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1051053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Can you really compare killing and shoplifting to running Mac OS X on an x86 PC? Killing is a bit over the top, but shoplifting is a very appropriate comparison. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146902-apple-sues-wired/#findComment-1051162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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