In the end, the judge ruled it was apples and oranges: Apple’s iTunes is, apparently, a "data transmission service," not a music company. And the Beatles’ Apple Corps record company will have to pay court costs for dragging Steve Jobs into the dock in the first place.
Jobs said his company "has always loved the Beatles," and looks forward to selling them. The Beatles are finally poised to offer their catalog online… somewhere. Maybe not iTunes, though: They’re appealing.
I’m not sure why I feel let down. Maybe it’s because I expected more of a ruckus. Maybe because I had a lock on the inevitable Name the New Logo contest Apple would have to hold. ("Kumquat!") Maybe because I was SO looking forward to Yoko Ono taking the stand. But then again, this is the whimsical British legal system, so I fully expect something to be encoded, Da Vinci-like, into the ruling. Something along the lines of "Steve Jobs is dead." Has anyone tried playing the decision backwards?
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I don’t see the problem. Apple Records had a whole Apple, and Apple computers has a bite out of it.
Confess, Scott. You were hoping this will drag out long enough that Gwenyth Paltrow’s daughter, Apple would have to testify. Or at least Grannie Smith.
Yeah. I am still curious if Gweneths husband Chris Martin is the grandson of producer George Martin. It is just odd.
Right decision was made.
I’m just hoping that someone will smack some sense into Neil Aspinall and get him to drop this whole thing so they can “get back” to remastering the Beatles catalogue.
Sorry Scott Brown. I know the decision in this case was very dissapointing. I to anticipated this to be long and drawwn in the courts. And hopefully making its way to COURtv in the US. But as fate would have it, this case was over as fast as it began. What was the fuss about again? The beatles think they run the music biz, and apple isnt taking mess from anyone these days..
Hmm must suck to have to pay court fees.
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