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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] This is something that I, as a long-time Mac user who grew up in the 1980's, never knew. The parent company for The Beatles of the 60's is calld Apple Corps... and apparently was the inspiration for the name of Apple Computer, since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are big fans of The Beatles. And now, Apple Computer is getting [URL=http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/11/applemusic/index.php?redirect=1063303668000]sued for the third time[/URL] by Apple Corps for trademark infringement. The "[i]fuck[/i]"? Okay, I can understand the legalese of the argument, and especially the precedents of the past two cases. By the letter of the law, it seems very straightforward. But since when did The Beatles ever rely on the name of their company as the means of marketing their music? I sure as hell have never heard of that before today. Can there REALLY be that much confusion between a group of sixties has-been technophobes (yes, I do enjoy their music when it's on the radio) and an electronics company that makes the Macintosh computer? Too bad the outcome is basically predetermined since someone got to trademark a common name like "Apple"... And that second lawsuit from the late 80's makes the least sense... having a computer that can play music recordings is a long way from entering the music business! Creating and recording music is a long way from making equipment that can play recordings of it. If Steve Jobs starts advertising a New Age rock group called The Roaches, that's when I'd start getting worried. :rolleyes: [/QB][/QUOTE]
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