DMCA axes sites discussing Mac OS for PCs. Apple Computer appears to have invoked the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to stop the dissemination of methods allowing Mac OS X to run on chips from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. The chatter at the OSx86 Project was stifled Friday after the forum was served with a notice under the DMCA, according to a posting on the site.
This strongly suggests that Apple is using the DMCA to stop even a discussion of how to use its new operating system. The DMCA itself is bad enough, but abusing an already bad law would only make matters worse.

The company has a long history of challenging speech. This looks like yet another unsavory example.

UPDATE: One of the sites is back up with an explanation that includes this:
“Apple doesn’t “have it in” for our site; they were simply concerned with a few links posted by our members. Those links have been removed and we’re back.”
Oh, really? The site itself was essentially taken offline for a time (a placeholder page was all you’d see if you went there). Why was that necessary if a few links were removed? Maybe it wasn’t entirely that simple…