fagosu Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 A front page news item in MacRumors.com is talking about a couple of patents filed by Apple, with the second being the most interesting one: They want to have an anti-piracy software mechanism in OSX that would render applications unusable if they are not running in "Apple Approved" hardware. http://www.macrumors.com/2007/12/20/apple-...ghting-patents/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 This means Apple hates us. Boo on them. Now, how hard will it be to label our hackie hardware, "Apple Approved"? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-545768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Bad move. No DRM is a big reason to use Mac OS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-545800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Bad move for you. Not for Apple. They see Hackintoshes as a threat now since EFI has made it easy to install on regular PCs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-545929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 lol, apple releases anti piracy mechanisms, we (the devs... not me) crack it.... its a vicious circle who cares.... its just another road block to go around, over, under, through, whatever.... you get the idea. nothing is hackproof. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-545953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 who cares.... its just another road block to go around, over, under, through, whatever.... you get the idea. nothing is hackproof. True, but the process described in the article looks like it'd be a real pain to get around. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-545970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 True, but the process described in the article looks like it'd be a real pain to get around. haha, antipiracy measures are SUPPOSED to be a pain to get around which sucks but its logical.... if its that much of a pain to get around it might be too much of a pain to implement who knows..... theres no changing apples mind (well.... our community at least... if corporate/actual owners {censored} and moan they MIGHT remove it, or if it works very badly.... but i doubt that) i guess well just wait and see :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-545990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 To my understand, this is not about hackintosh this is about a system that will look similar to the OS Windows XP, in which the user one installed software, it is licensed to that particular hardware, if the user decided to install that software in another mac or hackintosh then it will recognize that was installed previously in another hardware and will not allow to install or perhaps need to reactivation, this system probably is going to use activation, same used by Windows XP. I maybe wrong but this is what I understood. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshitcat Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Well, apple uses cca half of their patents filed...so there's still a (bit of) hope Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 psh, this wont survive long Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Haibara Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 What a bad move for Apple. Everything depends from the way it's implemented. That patent is not very clear and understandable, it can be a way to prevent the piracy of software through DRMs or simply another attempt to make us desist from hacking OS X. Though, as log as it's hardware based, I suppose it will be based on the TPM chip. Sherry Haibara Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 It doesnt suggest at all that OSX the OS will be drm'd. It suggests that it will allow third party people like Adobe or a DVD to implement a DRM scheme like itunes if they please. Im guessing this is only for Bluray, Apple doesnt officialy support it yet since they dont have a DRM scheme like Vista, they will eventually have to support HD formats. "Hardware" is probably refering to a disc drive or video card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPirate Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Apple does this I switch to Linux. Full Stop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Apple does this I switch to Linux. Full Stop. Assuming you are on a beige box PC with OS X, you would have to switch to Linux lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPirate Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 True. That (admittedly) was before I read the article *feels sheepish* I really meant if Apple chucks a Microsoft and puts in real anti-piracy measures, I switch. Currently on beige boxes I would run Linux because none of the ones I get my hands on are fast enough for Mac or even good Windows games... DOS games are more likely tho. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Hopefully it will not be a WGA on mac idea... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 This implementation wouldn't be a problem for legit users. It will probably authenticate main Apple hardware since Apple doesn't use tons of different motherboards. People stomping their feet saying this is {censored} claiming to switch are funny if they've illegally installed it on their non-Apple computers. Apple has the right to protect their business. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Ok, I found a more easy to understand article to what Apple try to do and is not related to hackintosh users. Apple files patent Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoe Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I think Apple is way more worried about losing the right to laugh at Microsoft for activation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-546391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
polle58 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news...mp;NewsID=20016 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77216-apple-files-for-anti-piracy-patent/#findComment-556733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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