"It's not nice to mess with the Beatles"
Category: Music...
Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 04:42 PM [GMT-6]

Playlist Magazine has a fascinating -- well, if you're fascinated by trademark law, but who isn't? -- look at the long-running and contentious relationship between Apple Computer and the Beatles' business affairs company, Apple Corps. That relationship garnered the media spotlight again last week as Computer successfully defended itself against a lawsuit brought by Corps alleging misuse of the Apple logo in conjunction with the iTunes Music Store.

The case highlights the challenges arising from evolving technologies, and the importance of having a skilled legal team capable of drawing up contracts that can protect a company's interests even when the threats can't be exactly predicted. The article shows how Apple Computer's inability to do this hurt it in the past, and how Apple Corps' seemingly invincible legal team finally fumbled.

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I wonder what they'd think of this this then. Personally I think it's funny (it's an mp3, so don't click unless you've got speakers and are in a place to listen) but they'd probably be annoyed. Silly Beatles.

Then again, I'm not old enough to have any nostalgia whatsoever associated with them and, frankly, only knew about this bizarro dispute when it started hitting the news lately.

Posted by: beth at May 17, 2006 07:04 AM

The Surfaris! The Beatles! Batman!

That was funny! Where was Beth for the big quiz?

Posted by: Gwynne at May 17, 2006 08:16 PM

Heck, I don't even know what I think of that! It's oddly attractive...

Posted by: Eric at May 17, 2006 09:11 PM

It's one of the few Beatles songs I enjoy - mostly because something interesting has been done with it. I also really like PM Dawn's rendition of Norwegian Wood.

Probably doesn't count, right?

What quiz, Gwynne?

Posted by: beth at May 18, 2006 07:17 AM
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