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Super Bowl XLI Apple Ad?
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Try PRNewswire.
It's the place all Apple's press releases go - when new products are announced they normally have all the details about ten minutes prior to the store going back online.
It's true, not sure what it means because deciphering legalese is like deciphering one of Clevin's posts but it's definitely true.
It's a legal long-term truce, but one in (our) Apple's favor, rather than Beatle-Apple's.
Our Apple is now the one with power, so much so that it indisputably owns all Apple-related copyrights, including those used by Beatle-Apple. Now, Steve et al. will generously allow (for $) Beatle-Apple to use those images/terms everyone was squabbling about before--but the bottom line is that our Apple has the upper hand, because it now owns *everything* related to the name Apple. If they want to yank back the right for Beatle-Apple to call itself Apple Records, Cupertino can do that. I'm sure there are safeguards in the agreement for Beatle-Apple's peace of mind, but the bottom line is that this is a victory for our Apple, hands down. From there being two parties owning a company named Apple and claiming to own the name Apple, now there is just one with a legal claim on the name, our Apple.
In addition, part of the triggers for the renewed hostilities between the two, the success of iTunes (which the Beatle-Apple, as a recording company, had deeply resented as a violation of the previous "stay in your own field" agreements) will go untouched.
While none of this prohibits a Beatles special edition on iTunes (or a themed iPod), this is just an announcement of the long-term legal peace between the two Apples. I imagine they're holding off on announcing catalog access since this particular announcement is meant to boost investors' interest in our Apple and its solidity, and a catalog announcement would be more consumer-targeted.
Our Apple is now the one with power, so much so that it indisputably owns all Apple-related copyrights, including those used by Beatle-Apple. Now, Steve et al. will generously allow (for $) Beatle-Apple to use those images/terms everyone was squabbling about before--but the bottom line is that our Apple has the upper hand, because it now owns *everything* related to the name Apple. If they want to yank back the right for Beatle-Apple to call itself Apple Records, Cupertino can do that. I'm sure there are safeguards in the agreement for Beatle-Apple's peace of mind, but the bottom line is that this is a victory for our Apple, hands down. From there being two parties owning a company named Apple and claiming to own the name Apple, now there is just one with a legal claim on the name, our Apple.
In addition, part of the triggers for the renewed hostilities between the two, the success of iTunes (which the Beatle-Apple, as a recording company, had deeply resented as a violation of the previous "stay in your own field" agreements) will go untouched.
While none of this prohibits a Beatles special edition on iTunes (or a themed iPod), this is just an announcement of the long-term legal peace between the two Apples. I imagine they're holding off on announcing catalog access since this particular announcement is meant to boost investors' interest in our Apple and its solidity, and a catalog announcement would be more consumer-targeted.
my thoughts
Super Bowl commercials are the most expensive thing in the world next to a BJ from Jessica Alba.
And it's certainly a clever governmental scheme to induce alcohol poisoning in a nation of braying meatheads (thereby kindly thinning the pack for the rest of us).
Super Bowl commercials are the most expensive thing in the world next to a BJ from Jessica Alba.
And it's certainly a clever governmental scheme to induce alcohol poisoning in a nation of braying meatheads (thereby kindly thinning the pack for the rest of us).
beatles
the beatles revolutionized rock & Roll and when they started they were not even about money, but they where about the girls.
I would be more than happy to see the beatles on itunes.
the beatles revolutionized rock & Roll and when they started they were not even about money, but they where about the girls.
I would be more than happy to see the beatles on itunes.
I'm laughing at all those who were utterly disappointed that there was no ad. I kept my hopes for an ad low, just in case.
Apple is in the superboal ads
Take a good look at the commercials:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/fv.htm...m2425&f=06/64&p=fox sports_super bowl ads&fg=
1) I hear 'iPhone' in the gamble
2) I see 'Only available on iTunes' in one (end the end of the commercial with the song 'not fade away')
Take a good look at the commercials:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/fv.htm...m2425&f=06/64&p=fox sports_super bowl ads&fg=
1) I hear 'iPhone' in the gamble
2) I see 'Only available on iTunes' in one (end the end of the commercial with the song 'not fade away')