the quote is > a vow that theyd never be involved in distributing music. not that they wouldn't hire and record musicians under contract.
Apple's point (the British Apple) is that once Steve's Apple starts distributing music, it's too similar in brand to the British Apple that distributes music. It's at the retail end that brand distinction is important, where the consumer picks up a song and says "Oh, hey, this tune's from Apple" and is likely to be confused about which Apple it is. The fact that one Apple actually signs artists and the other only copies music files prepared by others is irrelevant at retail (the artists care, no doubt, but that's irrelevant to branding). -- Michaelwagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22501 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
