Beatles to join online music revolution
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Beatles to join online music revolution
After years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, The Beatles may finally sell their songs online.
April 13, 2006: 9:10 AM EDT
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Beatles are preparing to sell their songs online after years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, according to testimony given by the head of their record company.
Neil Aspinall, a former Beatles road manager and managing director of Apple Corps, was a witness in the company's trademark lawsuit against Apple Computer (Research).
He said that the company was digitally remastering the entire Beatles catalogue, which would pave the way for selling the songs online.
"I think it would be wrong to offer downloads of the old masters when I am making new masters," he said in a written statement submitted to the High Court in London earlier this month.
"It would be better to wait and try to do them both simultaneously so that you then get the publicity of the new masters and the downloading, rather than just doing it ad hoc."
A spokeswoman for Apple Corps confirmed Aspinall's statement, and said that the company is preparing to make the Beatles catalogue available through online music services.
"There's no firm date on any of this at the moment. There are a lot of projects that Apple are working on at the moment," she said on Thursday.
The Beatles have been high-profile holdouts from the booming online music sector, which saw sales triple to $1.1 billion in 2005.
Apple Corps, owned by Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and the estate of George Harrison, have accused Apple Computer of violating a 1991 agreement by using the Apple name and logo to sell music downloads through its market-leading iTunes Music Store.
The trial ended on April 6, with a decision from the judge due after Easter.
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Beatles to join online music revolution
After years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, The Beatles may finally sell their songs online.
April 13, 2006: 9:10 AM EDT
http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/13/technology/beatles.reut/beatles.03.jpg
LONDON (Reuters) - The Beatles are preparing to sell their songs online after years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, according to testimony given by the head of their record company.
Neil Aspinall, a former Beatles road manager and managing director of Apple Corps, was a witness in the company's trademark lawsuit against Apple Computer (Research).
He said that the company was digitally remastering the entire Beatles catalogue, which would pave the way for selling the songs online.
"I think it would be wrong to offer downloads of the old masters when I am making new masters," he said in a written statement submitted to the High Court in London earlier this month.
"It would be better to wait and try to do them both simultaneously so that you then get the publicity of the new masters and the downloading, rather than just doing it ad hoc."
A spokeswoman for Apple Corps confirmed Aspinall's statement, and said that the company is preparing to make the Beatles catalogue available through online music services.
"There's no firm date on any of this at the moment. There are a lot of projects that Apple are working on at the moment," she said on Thursday.
The Beatles have been high-profile holdouts from the booming online music sector, which saw sales triple to $1.1 billion in 2005.
Apple Corps, owned by Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and the estate of George Harrison, have accused Apple Computer of violating a 1991 agreement by using the Apple name and logo to sell music downloads through its market-leading iTunes Music Store.
The trial ended on April 6, with a decision from the judge due after Easter.
Will Michael Jackson sell his interest in a song catalog that includes scores of Beatles hits? Click here.
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Digitally remastered Beatles song!!!! I can't wait!! :cool:
I was kidding above there. I hope it was obvious?
But that is cool that there will be digitally remastered Beatles tunes. But I have most if not all of their albums. I fell for the whole Capitol reissue thing thinking they'd be remastered...so I think that filled in the gap in my collection. Just remembered I have Let It Be...Naked and not the original. Anyway I already have most of the stuff. I was so disappointed that the 30th Anniversary reissue of The Beatles was not remastered. "Long, Long, Long" is one of the hardest to hear tracks.