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On 11/06/2016 02:53 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote: |
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> On 06/11/16 22:39, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Nick Vinson <nvinson234@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> There's a reason why Apple computers and Apple Records |
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>>> both exist, both have an Apple as the logo, are not the same company, |
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>>> but do not violate each other's trademarks. |
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>> Well, they didn't back before Apple was in the music business. Apple |
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>> Records hasn't been active as far as I'm aware in recent days so this |
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>> is probably why the issue was never pressed when the iTunes music |
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>> store came along. Either that or some kind of deal was worked out |
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>> quietly. |
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>> |
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> I do believe there was some legal action taken against Apple Records, |
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> because Apple computers were a bigger organisation and can afford to do |
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> so (broadly generalising here). Fortunately, the courts saw sense, and |
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> both companies continue to exist, doing their own thing in their own |
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> arena (again AFAIK). |
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It was actually the other way around. Apple records went after Apple |
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Computers because of the latter crossing into the music marketplace. |
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