Beatles take rival Apple to court over core business
By Liz Chong



IT IS the ultimate battle of the generations over an image of a half-eaten piece of fruit.
In one corner Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the ultimate stars of vinyl who defined music in the 1960s. In the other, the creators of a small white box that has revolutionised the way we buy and listen to music.



This week the Apple Corps goes to the High Court seeking multimillion-pound damages against Apple Computer, the creators of the iPod, over their hugely successful iTunes Music Store.

Apple Corps, owned by the former Beatles and their heirs, still owns the licensing rights to Beatles

the agreement prevented Apple Computer from distributing content on physical mediaOh the digital age I remember when any kind of image on a computer was OK, due to it just being "data".

Personally I would have taken action concerning previous use of the name, but this to me is a very grey area that could swing either way. Surely they have enough stashed away to let this go?