The story I've heard is that the judge was some old moron who didn't know what a computer was.
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Yep, John is right. If the first judge was an idiot, there is always the Appeal.
And yeah, the first lawyers were bad, they really messed up the agreement. They should have more properly specified how far Apple could go in relating to music, if at all.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Yep, John is right. If the first judge was an idiot, there is always the Appeal.
And yeah, the first lawyers were bad, they really messed up the agreement. They should have more properly specified how far Apple could go in relating to music, if at all.
Anyway, it's a storm in a teacup. AppleCorps is worth peanuts. Apple Computer will buy them out. I imagine discussions to this effect have been going on for some time now. AppleCorps is just jockeying for position for its payday.Only feebs vote.
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This was in 1991. Napster blindsided everyone. It would have cost Apple a great deal more to gain such an agreement back then. The original agreement was signed way back in 1981. I don't think Shaun Fanning was alive then.
Even then, a good lawyer is supposed to be able to look ahead.
AppleCorps is worth peanuts. Apple Computer will buy them out.
Then they should go ahead.
Anyway, it's a storm in a teacup.
Why make a thread on it then.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
This was in 1991. Napster blindsided everyone. It would have cost Apple a great deal more to gain such an agreement back then. The original agreement was signed way back in 1981. I don't think Shaun Fanning was alive then.
Even then, a good lawyer is supposed to be able to look ahead.
AppleCorps is worth peanuts. Apple Computer will buy them out.
Then they should go ahead.
Anyway, it's a storm in a teacup.
Why make a thread on it then.
Only feebs vote.
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Almost nobody in the music business, who have the most to lose, did.
You'd be surpised what agreements consist of these days. Every possible little thing that can happen is accounted for. It would have been obvious that at some point PCs would have sound.
I think Apple Corps is only suing because if they don't they lose their rights - at least that's what one commentator said.
Don't forget easy money.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Napster wasn't around in 1991.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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"The result of the suit was a huge cash settlement and a promise that the Apple logo and name would only be used for computers -- and never for a music company."
An ipod is not a musical device - it is a miniature computer that has the ability to play music. The only difference is in size, processor power, etc.
They might have a case against itunes though."mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
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iTunes is actually thing that has sparked this, from what it seems to me. It's a music service, no doubt. But, claiming the iPod isn't a musical device is just a ****ing dumb argument. It's marketed and made with music in mind. Therefore it is a musical device.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Agathon
This was in 1991. Napster blindsided everyone. It would have cost Apple a great deal more to gain such an agreement back then. The original agreement was signed way back in 1981. I don't think Shaun Fanning was alive then.
Anyway, it's a storm in a teacup. AppleCorps is worth peanuts. Apple Computer will buy them out. I imagine discussions to this effect have been going on for some time now. AppleCorps is just jockeying for position for its payday.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.
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I have a feeling that AppleCorp is a public corporation. For an enterprise that big, they had to have issued shares at some point to raise some money (while the Beatles may have had cash, it takes more than that to start up a business).“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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I cannot find any reference to it as an publicly traded company, although I have found several that imply it dosen't hold much in the way of physical assets -- apparently they pay other record companies to "press records" under their label.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.
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