On Apr 6, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
There is a current suit over Apple selling music in its on-line
store. When they settled the last suit, part of the deal was that
they would not sell music. Looks like they're selling music to
Apple Corps, and to me as well.
I think the suit you're referring to there was the one in the late
1970s/early 1980s. The settlement in 1991 supposedly killed that
one. The current dispute that Bob W pointed to with the URL is over
the use of the Apple logo.
I love watching the lawyers dance like this. They're all making
money from it... both of the principals and all the lawyers too.
No, the suit I am talking about was just reported on the news last
week. The earlier settlement in which Apple agreed not to sell music
was before on-line music sales were ever envisioned, and Apple is
trying to say that it only applies to the physical sale of music on
CDs, tape, etc., and not to on-line sales where no physical object
changes hands. Apple Corps obviously disagrees.
Bob
