I am not a lawyer, but Apple has plenty of them on staff who helped
think up ways around the Beatles settlement, and prepared a legal
argument before whatever remnants of the Beatles (original members +
benefactors of deceased) opened up a new lawsuit over iTunes, etc.

From: http://www.legalzoom.com/articles/article_content/article11325.html

The computer giant agreed that although it may be involved in digital
music, it would not package, sell or distribute any physical music
materials, such as CDs.

Or it could be that Apple Corps just wants a slice of the digital
music pie on their own terms, instead of Apple Computer's terms. Sue,
then settle on a deal. *shrug*

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