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../ Beatles To Take Big Bite of AppleAn out of court settlement is currently in the works between Apple Computer and Apple Corps, the parent company of the Beatles. The two Apple's are currently in a legal battle surrounding a signed agreement stating that Apple Computer would never enter the music market.Enter iTunes. The Beatles feel that iTunes and the iPod breach the 1991 agreement stating that Apple computer would never utilize it's trademark for any entity "whose principle content is music." Apple Computer went so far as to spin off iTunes as a separate company in Europe, but that didn't stop the Beatles from filing suit. Apple VS. Apple. Apple Computer and Apple Corps have battling each other for years over the trademark. In 1991, Apple Computer paid Apple Corps $26.5 million in an out of court settlement when they came out with their Quicktime multimedia technology. The legal community is salivating over the possibilities of the biggest settlement in legal history. Some are even speculating that Apple Corps will become a major shareholder in Apple Computer with Paul McCartney becoming a board member. Show me the money. The Beatles split up in 1970! Nobody associates Apple Corps with music in 2004. The only reason that Paul McCartney and company are suing is for more money. This is a showcase for why the current trademark laws are really lacking. However, Apple Computer is so due for a swift punch in the gut. Their arrogant attitude has finally come back to haunt them. Signing that idiotic settlement in 1991 will go down in their history as their second biggest mistake, just behind not licensing their operating system. The Future: Pay day for the Beatles. Paul McCartney definitely needs six or seven new estates across the globe. One upside for Apple Computer is that they'll probably score the Beatles catalog for iTunes...for a mere half a billion dollars.
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 As the name correctly implies, Experiments In Sound, is Futuremusic's latest endeavor for pushing electronic music technology to the very edge of what's possible. Experiments In Sound grew out of Futuremusic's avant-garde events in New York City that featured DJ's taking mixing and live sound reinforcement to a whole new level with the very latest gear and software. Be the first to hear about Experiments In Sound by joining Futuremusic Direct.
Part of Experiments In Sound, TestDrive will feature the lab results of our DJ Experiments so that everyone can get in on the action. Take the latest electronic music releases, mix vigorously with bleeding-edge DJ technology in a large beeker, and then cook the hell out of it! Be the first to hear about TestDrive by joining Futuremusic Direct.
Futuremusic wants to thank everyone who participated in The Next Big Thing 2004. John Digweed, Beatport, Alienware, M-Audio, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, PVDJ, PK Graphics, Ableton, The DubHouse, Propellerheads, Technics, FreeFloat, The Church, PCDJ and every DJ who entered this year's event thank you. From the sheer number of quality mixes, we can tell you that dance music is thriving in the United States. The amount of outstanding talent and creativity really blew us away, and every DJ who's putting their heart, mind and soul behind the music is a winner. John Digweed has made his decision and the winner is...
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