Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!minster!alistair
From: alistair@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apples sued by the Beatles
Message-ID: <604838558.11389@minster.york.ac.uk>
Date: 2 Mar 89 10:42:38 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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According to the Guardian newspaper for 2 March, the three surviving members
of the Beatles plus Yoko Ono Lennon have filed a lawsuit against Apple for
marketing "music products".  The Beatles' company, Apple Corporation
(remember the record label?) says Apple Computer has broken a copyright
agreement.  Apparently in 1981 Apple promised not to use the trademark
on musical equipment.  Legal sources say damages could run to millions
of dollars.  
Linking your Mac to a synthesizer could be more expensive than you thought.