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  • Politically correct poster companies airbrush Beatles album without permission

    01/22/2003 4:54:05 PM PST · by ejdrapes · 19 replies · 886+ views
    Launch ^ | January 22, 2003 | Sue Falco
    The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' Album Airbrushed To Be Politically CorrectThe Beatles' 1969 Abbey Road album cover has been airbrushed by politically correct poster companies in the United States to remove a cigarette held in Paul McCartney's hand, BBC reports. The original album cover shows the four Beatles crossing the famed road--McCartney is barefoot, third in line, and holding a cigarette. The airbrushing was done without the permission of either McCartney or Apple Records, which owns the rights to the image. An Apple spokesman told BBC, "We have never agreed to anything like this. It seems these poster companies got...