Beatles take rival Apple to court over core business

[Nomad559]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2105800,00.html

It Is the ultimate battle of the generations over an image of a half-eaten piece of fruit.

In one corner Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the ultimate stars of vinyl who defined music in the 1960s. In the other, the creators of a small white box that has revolutionised the way we buy and listen to music.

This week the Apple Corps goes to the High Court seeking multimillion-pound damages against Apple Computer, the creators of the iPod, over their hugely successful iTunes Music Store.

[realisticphish]

1. interesting issue

but imho, apple's in the clear this time. As far as i can see, it's just data transmission that's being paid for.

[Chovexani]

2. They've been after Apple for years

So much so that the Sosumi system sound was created as a way to razz them ("so sue me").

This is BS and Apple is in the right.