Apple vs. Apple
The Beatles’ band company, Apple Corps, has sued Apple over the iPod and iTunes Music Store, according to Fox News: ‘The case was apparently filed a short time ago in London’s High Court of Justice, but was just served on Apple Computers in California in the last couple of days.’ Apple has been sued twice before by the company and paid an nearly $50 million in settlements–initially for a trademark settlement on its name and then subsequently when ‘computers starting having music come through attachable speakers’ because it had agreed previously to solely use its brand in the computer business and not to enter the music business under its brand name.
Isn’t this a bit crazy. I mean they already have claimed $50 million in settlements. If anything, the iTMS should sell music, which should be good for a record label… no? And the iPod? How is that wrong? Seriously. Does anyone really confuse the two companies. Are there actually people buying music from the iTMS thinking they’re buying from the Beatles? Sounds crazy to me.