Apple Inc (AAPL)

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Publishing is NOT recordings:


"What if they've buried the hatchet, settled the whole thing and arranged for exclusive rights to whatever Beatles tracks weren't snapped up by Michael Jackson/Sony/whoever the hell owns them now??"


When are you going to get a clue that publishing rights (owned by Sony/ATV) and actual sound recordings (owned by Apple Corps. & licensed to EMI/Capitol) are not one & the same? The publisher makes $ from licensing the songs for commercials, and mechanical rights from recordings. The sound recordings owner makes $ from the sales of recordings (CD's etc.) And that right , (in the U.S. ) is still the exclusive domain of Capitol Records & the recording owner, Apple Corps Inc. .