Imagine: what does it mean for companies?

Imagine is an umbrella company/parent company. Nobody loses their current companies. Nobody loses executive control over them. We all become a super-dense cooperative with lots of overlapping oversight boards. - We'll all meet every fortnight to discuss the future of Imagine. One of the big grey areas is how votes and shares will be apportioned, but it's likely to be roughly proportional to the value that each company brings to Imagine. - This is quite similar to how Sony Group is structured, except more cooperative. My experience with Sony is that the Japanese bosses are keen on our plans, while the American affiliates hate us. You don't have to assign us exclusive rights, though that's obviously our preference. That's why most of our initial partners are indie artists. We think that exclusive rights are valuable if Imagine is to protect the long-term future of IP like Taylor Swift, the Foo Fighters or The Beatles. That way we can liaise with the GLAM sector more easily, while separate IP rights create the type of confusion that has resulted in the Beatles debacle this year. Peter and Paul didn't formalise their contracts, leaving Sony and ILM a window that eventually put both of them in the hospital. We suspect that the pricks in LA defrauded Olivia and Ringo's people. - What about R&D? That's something that the Beatles have always cared about. My Dad used to give them advice in that capacity. He was a physicist and network engineer (Andrew Riddell). Imagine Knowledge is about bringing it out of the shadows. As I mentioned, the boys have been planning a time travel experiment for decades. Shane Carruth seems to be a good choice to lead it. It'll cost trillions, but IM will pay for it.