View Poll Results: Apple Computer vs Apple Corps - Your take on it... | |||
Apple Corps suck and should grow up! | 80 | 97.56% | |
Apple Computer is ripping off poor Paul and Yoko! | 2 | 2.44% | |
Voters: 82. You may not vote on this poll |
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Personally I am disgusted at this whole thing.
It's just another excuse for Paul McCartney (I refuse to call him Sir), Yoko Ono and a whole load of pencil pushers to shake down Apple Computer every few years for some cash. So you know which way I lean on this one.. If John Lennon was still alive I suspect he would be against these law suits, and also at the same time using Macs in his music production activities.. Is everyone here on the same page, or does anyone actually think this is really about anything other than a shakedown for cash? EDIT - Incidentally, has anyone had a look at the Apple Corps web site. Does anyone know how recent that is, and what do people think about the shallow ploy that that is in itself. 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt Last edited by scratt : 2006-03-29 at 01:30. |
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Before people chime about this being a duplicate thread (re: One Apple sues the other), I'll mention that I'm allowing this one since it has a poll attached and since the other thread has turned into a logical/legal discussion of the past and current lawsuits' validity. Maybe I'll merge them later or something. Meh!
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Appologies to ghoti. I was not trying to override his thread. I came to similar conclusions to Brad and wanted to get a poll of opinions from people.
Brad, if you do decide to merge it into ghoti's thread that's totally cool with me. Please do try to keep the poll though. 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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7 - 0 so far!
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cough cough golddiggers cough
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Heh, is that ever an unexpected result, considering which message board we're on here! I'm sure there's a Beatles forum somewhere where they have the exact same poll ... I wonder what theit results are
And scratt, I'm afraid I trademarked this topic and you're also in violation of our previous agreement on starting new threads about Apple vs. Apple. I'll see you in court. |
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Apparently not . I just did a quick search and it seems that most discussions are questioning what Apple Corps really wants to achieve with this. One opinion is that it's a ploy to get McCartney onto the Apple (Computer) board. I've also seen the word "tax shelter" mentioned in connection with Apple Corps. So it seems that the other Apple isn't too highly regarded by Beatles fans, either ...
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Well it's even more immoral if it's a ploy to try and get hooks into Apple Computer...
Which, thankfully, will never happen. I would probably boycott Apple and cut my own nose off to spite my face if that mercenary s&%t had anything to do with the company. It's so obvious that the whole Apple Corps thing is a sham now. I remember Paul complaining about MJ buying the rights to most of the Beatles library and then saying to Paul. "It's just business". He said that MJ had no soul. I wonder how he would defend his actions right now? "Just business" ? If I was Steve and I was pushed into a corner on this I would have already offered to sell Apple Corps ailing library for free on iTunes. i.e. No profit for Apple Computer, and 100% to Apple Corps. To be honest, although the pundits are saying that it's a cut and dried case I have high hopes that the current judge will be able to look beyond just the legal arguments, apply some common sense, and finally give a settlement that let's Apple Corps. know this is the last time they can play this game. EDIT - I would also argue that iTunes is the brand name and Apple is the parent company, therefore their pathetic arguments that the Apple Computer name is somehow obfuscating their unknown name would be almost moot. 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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What a sham. |
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OMG it's a placeholder page!!! Apple Computer should sue Applecorps for cybersquatting!! That "website" is clearly just there to hog a web address. C'mon Steve, SUE THEM!!!! |
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Really, I am getting unreasonably angry about this whole thing the more I look into it. I might even petition the Queen and ask her to remove Paul's knighthood, on the grounds of ungentlemanly conduct. :GRR: 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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See, I won't mind much if Apple Corps was honestly making stuff currently. But I doubt anyone but diehard Beatles fans even knows what Apple Corps is. And I doubt Steve Jobs picked the name because of them. And Apple doesn't do anything that violates the prior contract. This is starting to become like NTP vs. RIM.
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No, but Sir Isaac was part of the original Apple logo:
Apparently Jobs nixed it because he thought it was 'too intellectual'. So it goes. |
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I love that quote from Jean Louis Gassée: One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn't dream of a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope, and anarchy.
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Ok! Who's the wise guy? Come on? Who voted for Paul and Yoko?
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Wasn't me.
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I think they have lost the case (Apple Corps that is).
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Heck, on that basis they'd have a better chance going after the in house music bundled with GarageBand. So they are going after the logo thing.. Well that's a shame because no-one knows or cares about the Apple Corps. logo, so no damages, 'cos there ain't anything to damage. The whole firm is a tax shelter and holding company, period. Game Over. IMHO. 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt Last edited by scratt : 2006-03-30 at 05:28. |
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Does anyone know whether Apple Corps is still making music?
If they're just "existing" for sole purpose of hmm, "existence", wouldn't it be sort of invalid? |
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New development: Apple Computer says that "even a moron in a hurry" can tell the difference between the two Apples. Looks like Apple Computer's lawyers are having fun.
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must ... resist ... must .... pointing out ... Bush picture ... in ad ... must resist ... MUST AAAAAHHHH!
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Excellent. I'm glad to see Apple taking Apple Corps to task on this. Indeed, it should be fun.
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Even a moron could tell the difference... man, I haven't laughed so much in a long time
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It would be like me sueing every company that uses the Red 'X' in their Extreme logo. That logo was first designed and put in the public domain over 15 years ago, for me by a guy called Andrew Nadolski (who is actually quite famous in the UK). Since then Extreme has become a bit passe. But also hundreds of companies have started using a brightly coloured Red X as part of their Extreme corporate name / logo. Admittedly I never trademarked the image, but copyright laws would still apply in certain domains. For me to run around suing everyone who uses the word Extreme or the red letter 'X' would be silly and you'd all laugh at me. So let's all laugh at Apple Corps. EDIT - And the other person who voted for Yoko and Paul. I am going to find you. Really! 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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