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It's no secret that there's no love lost between Apple Computers and Apple Corps, which, as some of you might remember, is The Beatles record imprint. Apple Corps has been on the other Apple's ass since Day One. When the computer company was first started, the record company sued them for copyright infringement. They eventually settled, with Apple Computers agreeing to stay out of any music-related business. Apple has been sued twice more over the years, most recently for the advent of the iPod and iTunes. They lost the second lawsuit (which had to do with music making software on Apple computers), but that's not the important one.

Yesterday, a British judge decided that Apple Computers did not violate the terms of their previous settlement with Apple Corps by producing and distributing iTunes and iPods with the "apple" logo on them.

Don't know about you, but I think that's fucking awesome. The previous two times that Apple Corps sued, they got quite a great deal of money in settlements. And those were over some Mickey Mouse bullshit, back when Apple wasn't making any serious money and only weirdos bought their shit. But now, they are just rolling in money, by means one of the most important pop-cultural creations of the millennium, and Apple Corps doesn't get a fucking penny. That's awesome.

Fuck you, Paul, Ringo, and the families of the dead ones! Way to go to the well too many times when it's dry. If you're that hard up for money, maybe you should try buying your music catalog back; I hear it's for sale.