McCartney: EMI Delaying Beatles Downloads

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Former Beatles member Paul McCartney would like to see the band's music show up at places like Apple's iTunes Store, but he says that EMI is holding up the process. The Beatles music library has been seen by many as a glaring omission in the legit music download market.

"We were having problems with iTunes -- well not iTunes, EMI was the problem -- with downloading, which we'd like to do because that's how a lot of people get their music," Mr. McCartney told NME.

The Fab Four's digitally remastered library will be released on Wednesday, the same day that Apple is hosting its own special media event. There has been speculation that along with new iPods, Apple would announce that the Beatles' library would finally be available at the iTunes Store. Based on Mr. McCartney's comments, however, that's seeming less likely.

The Mac Observer will be covering Apple's September 9 media event live, including any surprise announcements.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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4 Comments

cb50dc

They’ll show up on iTunes when I’m sixty-four.

Lee Dronick

They?ll show up on iTunes when I?m sixty-four.

I Should Have Known Better

stens

cbsofla said: They?ll show up on iTunes when I?m sixty-four.
I Should Have Known Better

EMI: Please please me.

Lee Dronick

EMI: Please please me.

EMI to stens “Money (That’s What I Want)”

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