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Beatles vs Apple
loid_void writes "Beatles fan Steve Jobs could lose a large bite of his Apple to his idols, says a report in Forbes. The Beatles' company, Apple Corps., is involved in a legal battle with Jobs' Apple Computer, claiming the hardware manufacturer is in breach of a 1991 agreement that that forbids it from using the trademark for any application "whose principle content is music." The two companies have been involved in a number of court battles over the years involving the use of the Apple trademark." Good summary of all the wacky misadventure the two mega corporations have had.
Remember the stories about that big bad software company (let's call it "SUCKS") lawsuiting the hell out of everybody for the last year or so? Apple Music is in quite the same position: Nobody knows them, nobody buys their products, they haven't done any creative work for 3 decades, they may have to close down in the near future. So they look out for the biggest possible cash-cow and sue them; hoping the out-of-court setlement will result in a buy-out of their company. Like SUCKS did with a big opponent (which we call hereby "Big-I"). Although i must say, that Apple Music actually seem to have some points to stand on (which we may call "proof") and they even really own the rights they claim.
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Lawyers (not MY lawyer, of course) have a vested interested in disputes and in the complexity of the law. So where two parties like Southwest and the other airline could settle a dispute by mutually agreed upon rules, a good lawyer could turn it into a multi-million dollar court case, with them taking a sizeable portion.
So as we might be tempted to do away with all the lawyers, the idea of doing away with all the law scares me shitless. There's a dialog from A Man For All Seasons:
Roper So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
More Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
More Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you - where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast - man's laws, not God's - and if you cut them down - and you're just the man to do it - d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
But the music industry have moved into the computer industry. Apple is still in the computer business when it sells music on line, just as it's still in the computer business when it sells iPods or Logic Audio. Apple are still just selling computer products, which happens, now to include audio music downloads, but because that's now part and parcel of the computer business....
I know, dodgy logic.... But times move forwards....
-- oldthinkers unbellyfeel ingsoc
No, they couldn't because they were sued once before by Apple Corps. since they included speakers with their computers. Apple Corps. is just after some money. I personally think that Apple should buy Apple Corps and integrate everything. Apple stock would skyrocket, and Steve Jobs would have a filthy rich company. (Not so filthy, though)