Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!sol.engin.umich.edu!billkatt From: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: The Beatles sue Apple Message-ID: <41a632d2.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> Date: 23 Feb 89 18:19:00 GMT References: <1250@husc6.harvard.edu> <20765@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: netnews@caen.engin.umich.edu Reply-To: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) Organization: Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN), University of Michigan Lines: 19 Sender: Followup-To: In article <20765@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> lauac@wheeler.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau) writes: I'm fairly certain the agreement exists. Remember when Apple made those Apple/Bose roommate speakers for the Apple IIGS? They suddenly stopped making them soon after introduction. They then became just Bose speakers, but still in Apple Platinum. A reputable source told me the reason was that the agreement with the Beatles prhibited them from entering anything musically related. +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu | | 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ | Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | +-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | | "You remember the IIe, it +---------------------------------------------+ | was the machine Apple made before they decided people didn't need | | machines with big screens, color, or slots." | | - Harry Anderson (from NBC's Night Court) | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+