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Beatles on iTunes in 2008 [Updated]

Friday March 7, 2008 7:27 am PST by Arnold Kim
More talk of Beatles coming to iTunes in 2008:

Sir Paul McCartney is to release the Beatles back catalogue online - helping pay for his multi-million-pound divorce from Heather Mills.

The singles and albums will be made available on iTunes in the coming months following the final divorce hearing, due to take place at the High Court in 10 days.


Update: UPI reports that Paul McCartney has struck a $400 million dollar deal with Apple to bring the Beatles to iTunes.
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stevehp
51 months ago
This actually makes sense this time...

Beatles stuff is finally allowed on American Idol starting next week.
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Peace
51 months ago
The only problem with this is Sir Paul doesn't have exclusive rights. The music may very well show up on iTunes but it won't be because of Paul's divorce.
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tgildred
51 months ago
And all it took was a messy divorce.
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job
51 months ago
Do the Beatles even matter anymore? :confused:

Most of the people who saw them live are aging and the younger generations don't seem to care that much about them.
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cheeseadiddle
51 months ago
Oh, I think iTunes would sell a ****load of Beatles stuff. What baffles me is it's taken this long for the people who have the rights to it to realize this...
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thunderclap
51 months ago

Do the Beatles even matter anymore? :confused:


Yes... much like Pink Floyd's Live 8 performance was a top seller.
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nep61
51 months ago

Do the Beatles even matter anymore? :confused:

Most of the people who saw them live are aging and the younger generations don't seem to care that much about them.


I'm one of those "aging" people... Yeah, the Beatles DO matter.
1. Today's Music, and everything since the Beatles, would probably be a whole lot different than it is today if it weren't for the Beatles & even Elvis for that matter.
IMO, Every kid that picks up a guitar and gets together with friends to play & make music aspire to be what the Beatles were at one time.

2. Steve J. & Steve W. would have possibly called their little startup company something other than APPLE all those years ago if it weren't for the Beatles... so again, yeah I think they matter. IMHO :)
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edesignuk
51 months ago
Helping pay for his divorce? What a load of crap, the man is reportedly worth £825m, he doesn't need help to pay her off. Even if she does manage to get £50m. This reasoning is nonsense.

Anyway, good to see it's finally on its way.
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TheSpecialist
51 months ago
About time:mad:!
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flashframe
51 months ago



More talk of Beatles coming to iTunes in 2008:

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Sir McCartney only owns the recorded masters, not the copyrights. Those are owned by Sony/ATV (remember that is owned by Michael Jackson and Sony - actually the ATV part, under which the Beatles Catalog falls, is wholly owned by Jackson and leased every 10 years to Sony).

Jackson is an Apple fan and uses Mac personally, however.
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