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...I've never seen it billed as "the Apple music store"...

Two things:

1) www.applemusic.com
2) Apple's Music

I myself was shocked when Apple started advertising applemusic.com. As for your second point, the above referenced image is just about the first thing that pops into my head when I think of the Beatles (psychotic LSD flashbacks excepted, of course).

Apple Music

yeah shocking that some companies will just ignore other companies trademarks, especially as they will earn a fortune from it, who cares if its a US trademark right ?

perhaps Steve Jobs should re-evalute his strategy before embarking on such violations, of course the real Apple Music (the beatles label) will be laughing all the way to the bank, Apple computers on the other hand better have deep pockets

cheers

From an internet perspective I am not too sure what the story is with 'Apple Corps'. www.applemusic.com belongs to Apple Computers. Now visiting www.applecorp.com gives me a page that is of someone's Beatles record collection. www.applerecords.com, leads to www.applecorpsltd.com/ and an empty page. And www.applecorps.com does not exist. It seems while Apple Computers was probably in the wrong for using applemusic.com, Apple Corps is present only in a way that makes people wonder whether it actually still exists.

Maybe as one poster suggested, it is just EMI trying to make money out of what seems to be a dead label?

as Apple Computer has always marketed their product as the "iTunes Music Store" and not "the Apple Music Store", there is the very good chance that a judge will say "There is no confusion in these matters, case dismissed."

And you don't think Apple's registration of AppleMusic.com and its redirection to Apple's iTunes page isn't a smoking gun?

sure they knew. the second system beep developed for the mac (after "sysbeep") was called "sosumi" - which is pronounced "so sue me". it was in direct reference to apple records and the whole "can't make music" clause.

But before it was named sosumi, it was named xylophone.

I thought Apple was taking a risk when they changed from the rainbow logo to the multiple solid color logos. The green apple on the green iMac was the first slap in the face to EMI/Apple Records. Though Apple doesn't use that same green apple for their iTunes store, they do color it green: green notes on the iTunes application, green folders for the service in iTunes, and a green menubar at the page to which AppleMusic.com redirects ("Apple Music? Oh, you must mean Apple Computer's iTunes page!" Talk about trademark confusion; such a redirect practically fosters it!)

Not that Apple Records has any prior right to the color green (or to edible green apples).

In any case, Jobs has a strange approach to calling Apple Records to the bargaining table.

And what URL do they give for iTunes Music Store on commercials? Why, it's www.applemusic.com

Yes but what about AppleMusic.com?

I just posted an eBay auction for a song I bought from the iTunes music store. It should be interesting to see how this works out. I only spent $0.99 on it but I bought the song just as legally as I would a CD, so I should be able to sell it used just as legally right?

[Update 09-03-2003 10:08 AM] Right now I've come up with a couple ways that the transfer of ownership could take place. One is to call up Apple and ask them to do it for me, which would be an interesting call. The other way would be to give my account to the winning bidder, which doesn't seem like a bid deal considering that I've only purchased one song. Still, I'd have to make sure that my credit card info was completely disassociated with the account. Or I could just create a new account and repurchase the song on that account.

[Update 09-03-2003 11:25 AM] I'd like to respond to a few points made by people: 1. It's true that I'm seeking attention, but not for me personally. This is an experiment in property rights in the digital age, something that's gotten surprisingly little attention. 2. I've read the iTunes agreements and found nothing denying transferability. This isn't any more a commercial venture than selling CDs at the local music store, I'm not incorporated or even DBA. Furthermore, in case anyone thinks this is a cheap way to make a buck I will be donating all proceeds to the EFF. 3. When the song is successfully transferred, I will not be keeping a copy of the song. If I don't own it I shouldn't have a copy.

[Update 09-03-2003 11:25 AM] A very excellent comment below by Piggly Wiggly asks if I will convert the format for delivery. My answer right now is "no" because I don't want to cloud the issue of the sale by changing the format. Also, I'd like to thank all the people posting supportive comments who realize that this is about more than a $0.99 song being over-valued on eBay.

Here is the solution to all your troubles

Hey, that's 13 songs I can download from the iTunes Music Store!!

That's AppleMusic.com.

iTunes.com is "Coming soon..."

dude, check out applemusic.com. I'm pretty sure that whole Apple Records thing is dead and buried.