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He also owns the song "Happy Birthday"]]>Nov 25th 2008 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/

*Evil Glare*]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
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The Beatles started in the 60s. The 30s were when Hitler was coming to power. They'd be 98 today if they were 20 in 1930.

Think what you want about them - they'll be remembered long after you're forgotten.]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Here's an example of a person who has worked in an IT Helpdesk, a 'professional' if you will, that is still an idiot.
http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/ ]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
yes definitely 1930s music you douche...wtf are you thinking bashing the very music that has influenced countless other bands...

Im sure NOBODY wants the beatles on iTunes, right? I mean pop music today is so great and all...]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
You got that right. ]]>Nov 25th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 26th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
It's such a mystery why people still pirate music.]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Personally, I enjoy the 4 to 5 minute snippets of music we get today, and I do enjoy my rock and indie music, and even some hip hop, so I appreciate The Beatles' existence.]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Far too many people judge the Beatles by songs like Yellow Submarine.]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
See: Revolution 9 and the Sound Collage Anthology Work]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 26th 2008 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
they are rendered irrelevant thanks to Bittorrent ]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Or let me to put it other way: anybody who really wanted to have Beatles on their players, already have it.]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/¡y el espíritu de Lenon, que le sale por los poros!"]]>Nov 25th 2008 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 26th 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
When EMI initially agreed with ITunes and other Digital Distribution companies they did it out of profit sakes... they were just on the green side of broke at the time, now they are just as bad off as they were before but the companies selling these downloads are raking in the cash, and they want more of it, and since their initial contracts were short term only they are in a position to renegotiate them.

Who owns the rights to these songs? Well in this case EMI, which they retained after their split with Capital in the late 90's. This pricing has little to do with Sony/ATV or Michael Jackson, they don't have any real rights to the Beatles recordings or how they are distributed, those are retained by the original rights holders EMI. What Sony/ATV (mostly) and Michael Jackson (partially) have control over is recording rights and distribution rights, but since EMI has maintained their contractual obligations to the rights holders they have the primary say in how the original Beatles recordings are distributed, and these rights only apply to Northern Songs Ltd, which started in 1963 specifically for The Beatles music but doesn't cover much of the original catalog which were published and recorded directly through EMI and not Northern Songs Ltd. Paul McCartney has had success in purchasing titles not written under Northern Songs Ltd, which include early songs like "Please Please Me", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and "Tell Me Why" under his own publishing company MPL Communications.

Also, blaming Yoko Ono for this would be as bad as blaming her for the Beatles break up, they both come down to two things Money and Ego, the Beatles break-up was due to Paul and John wanting more money from their music, which couldn't be done under The Beatles, and their clashing Egos, and this break down in negotiations between EMI and Digital Distribution companies is because EMI wants more money for the music and they have a big ego about their position in the music industry, which has slipped dramatically in the past 15 years.]]>Nov 25th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 26th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Beatles time is OVER!!

... next!]]>Nov 25th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Read:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1860997,00.html
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Read:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1860997,00.html
]]>Nov 25th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Nov 25th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/That is easy. One could take a properly ripped / encoded mp3 or aac like 320 bitrate, then play it on an average stereo and the vast majority of people would not hear the difference. Convenience wins out. It is not worth it to the majority of the people to put a lot of work in to get a such a small improvement.]]>Nov 25th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
Anybody that wants their music in digital format has already got it anyway. So, who gives a fuck about their iTunes negotiations anyway? I don't.]]>Nov 25th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/Try creating an account! ]]>Nov 25th 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/paul-mccartney-beatles-on-itunes-stalled-im-not-dead/
This issue was 'tired' from the start and the remaining Beatles need to get over themselves (if they aren't already).]]>Nov 26th 2008 4:48PM