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Didn't they sign an agreement with Apple Records that they would not start a record label?
by broabprobe 12y ago
Didn't they sign an agreement with Apple Records that they would not start a record label?
- mikeyouse 12y agoWhen that all settled, Apple Records gave Apple Computers all rights to the 'Apple' name and Apple Computers will license the name back to Apple Records for their continued use. I'm sure this involved a fairly substantial sum of money, but Apple could almost definitely start a competing record label.
- georgemcbay 12y agoAt one point they had such an agreement, but according to wikipedia, Apple Inc (the iPhone people) bought the trademark rights to "Apple" outright and relicensed them back to Apple Corps (the record people) as of 2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v._Apple_Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v._Apple_Computer Which presumably means they are free to do basically whatever they want with regards to using the Apple name on music-related goods and services.