Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music from others, primarily the “bigfour” music companies: Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI.

因为苹果并不拥有和能够控制任何音乐本身，它必须遵守协议规定的权利去分销这些属于其它版权所有者的音乐，所有者主要就是“四大”唱片公司：环球、索尼BMG，华纳和EMI。

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But Terra Firma's struggle to control EMI, a British music label whose assets include the Beatles' back catalogue, has been particularly humiliating.

但是Terra Firma公司力争对拥有披头士后期唱片的英国音乐界的标志——百代公司的控制，却让人觉得特别没有面子。

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Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music from others, primarily the "big four" music companies: Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI.

因为苹果并不拥有和能够控制任何音乐本身，它必须遵守协议规定的权利去分销这些属于其它版权所有者的音乐，所有者主要就是“四大”唱片公司：环球、索尼bmg，华纳和EMI。

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Terra Firma, a British outfit, has struggled to keep control of one of its main portfolio companies, EMI, a record label, which it bought in a highly leveraged deal in 2007.

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