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Barry_Green said:
Pirating the software would be illegal. Buying a copy of OSX at The Apple Store, and then modifying it to remove the check for "am I running on authentic Apple hardware" would certainly break the end-user license agreement, but would it actually constitute something "illegal"? I don't know the answer to that one...
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Yes, definitely illegal. Illegal bexause the EULA is a contract...a legal document. You are not "buying" the software, you are buying the right to use their software, but only to the extent, and in the way, allowed by the EULA. You have agreed to their terms and conditions of the license. So you are breaking a contract by modifying the software, and that is why it is illegal.

It's related to copyright law but not DCMA per se...just good ol' fashioned copyright law. As copyright holder, Apple has the right to grant licenses that are as restrictive or permissive as they want.
 
EULA are non-binding. Nobody will ever be sued for violating an EULA, because they're not legal documents.
 
With purchasing a product, you buy the right to use it.
Any "after sale" agreements are non-binding, because you already made a legal contract (the purchase) allowing you to use the prouct.
Some EULAs furthermore violate local "customer protection" laws (at least in the EU...)
One exception would be software downloaded from the internet, here the EULAs generally are legit, if they don´t violate other laws.
Since you didn´t buy a DVD with the programm on it, giving you ownership of that very DVD, you only buy a licence granting you the use of the software, so the EULA becomes binding...
 
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