From: "Dennis B. Swaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Yes they have. The Beatles' "One" CD was released on Apple Records. The Beatles' "Anthology" CD/DVD and it's accompanying "new" single "Free As A Bird" were also issued on the label. The label has been fairly active since 1996, though I'll admit it's output is almost exclusively repackaged Beatles material.
1. "Apple Corps" hasn't released any records in years, AFAIK.
2. All the rights to the Beatles recordings are owned by Michael Jackson.Again, this is simply not true. Michael Jackson bought the "publishing" rights to about 250 of the Beatles' songs. This does NOT cover the actual recordings themselves. Here's The Straight Dope from 1995 on this topic:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a951027.html. To the best of my knowledge, the situation hasn't changed.
3. The whole "Apple Corps" vs "Apple Computer" is asinine; just like the "Lexus" vs. "Luxus" brouhaha a few years ago. Who can confuse a CAR company with a WATCH company? So how can you confuse a COMPUTER company with a moribund RECORD label?
Because Apple (Computer) is now very seriously getting into the music business, which Apple (Records) sees as it's turf -- one they protected years ago with a an agreement between the two companies (which, it should be noted, Steve Jobs was never a part of).
I'm not defending the Beatles here -- it's my hope that they can get this resolved out of court -- but to a typical member of the public it could QUITE EASILY be confusing, particularly now that Apple (Computer) has started issuing "exclusives" of performances in its own Apple Stores. This is, in a very real sense, Apple (Computer) getting into the music business in a big way -- making money off selling music.
Given that Apple (Records) has a piece of paper from Apple (Computer) saying that they promise NOT to do this, it would be foolish of Apple (Records) to not pursue what they see as a breach of contract.
So what I'm saying is that Apple (Records) is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT to pursue this matter. Apple (Computer) has tried to negotiate around this in good faith, as has Apple Records (both sides have said as much). They have so far failed to come to an arrangement that satisfies both parties. This sort of thing happens every day, usually not between such well-known groups however.
Don't fall for the bad reporting of Faux News and others, and the "Apple versus Apple" hype. That might end up being the name of the court case, but the two companies do not hate each other nor are they trying to screw each other. Apple (Records) is simply doing what it thinks it must to protect its intellectual property, and to enforce and agreement Apple (Computer) signed abut 15 years ago. Apple (Computer) has changed direction from where they thought they would go 15 years ago, and needs to find a way to renegotiate or settle the original agreement.
That's all this is.
_Chas_
Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, 24-Jan-03 , commenting on Apple's growing arsenal of hardware, OS and software that is clearly superior to anything in the Windows world: "It's like someone forgot to send them the Resistance is Futile memo."
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