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You listen to a lot of music when you go on a road trip. Unfortunately, that means you are listening to a lot of ads as well. So I was really bothered by the continual ads being played by AT&T that had the Oasis song in it. I mean, it is bad enough with all the AT&T banners on the roads pretty much telling you they invented and now deliver, blogging, photos, podcasts, and even shopping. They also somehow convinced Oasis to sell out one of their best songs.

Which brings me to my point on McCartney. Has anyone seen those Fidelity ads? Wow, I’m glad that Michael Jackson has that rights to the Beatle’s music, or we would probably be hearing Norwegian Wood on Jeb Bush’s upcoming presedential ads.

And for the latest from McCartney check out how he is going after Apple(Computer that is):

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.

Apple Corps, owned by the former Beatles and their heirs, still owns the licensing rights to Beatles’ products. It is claiming that the introduction of iTunes broke a $26 million settlement under which Apple Computer agreed to steer clear of the music business, for which the Beatles’ company retains the famous trademark.

Hippies in court. Was the age of peace and love nothing more than a path around the typical capitalist bottleneck? I say if they are great artists, let them make money. But suing innovation in the name of trademarks, putting up huge barries to entry, and crushing competition is left for only the sleaziest. (Both Apples are guily here)

I guess it is all about the revolution and thinking different until you are wealthy enough to crush it.