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. Read the rest of this entry »