No Beatles On iTunes Tomorrow, EMI Chief Confirms

[aznkid25]

http://gizmodo.com/5354915/no-beatles-on-itunes-tomorrow-emi-chief-confirms

http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2009/09/apple-might-offer-a-cocktail-of-new-ipods-and-music/

The San Francisco event will come the same day as the release of the remastered Beatles catalog, although that material itself won’t be available via Apple’s online store iTunes.
“Conversations between Apple and EMI are ongoing and we look forward to the day when we can make the music available digitally. But it’s not tomorrow,” Ernesto Schmitt, EMI’s global catalog president, told the FT’s Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson."

The holdup is EMI’s conern about the prospects for piracy, Paul McCartney told The Observer.

The ex-Beatle said he, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison wanted to release the music on iTunes, but EMI, which owns the master recordings, objected.

 

[Razeus]

http://gizmodo.com/5354915/no-beatles-on-itunes-tomorrow-emi-chief-confirms

http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2009/09/apple-might-offer-a-cocktail-of-new-ipods-and-music/

One day, they'll understand they the songs aren't worth much more than $.99. You can only divide that up so many ways. Some one will have to give. But good thing there are CD's which you can get much highter bitrate quality.

 

[rdowns]

I'm not buying his PR written statement. After Sky News reported that Yoko Ono said the tracks were coming to iTunes, the article is removed. An hour later, Google removes the cache. There's a thread about it floating around.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

 

[Teej guy]

"The holdup is EMI’s conern about the prospects for piracy, Paul McCartney told The Observer."

Oh, that's funny...I've had the mono and stereo box sets on my computer in FLAC form since late last week.

If EMI's release is true, their heads are further up their asses than I thought...

 

[Razeus]

"The holdup is EMI’s conern about the prospects for piracy, Paul McCartney told The Observer."

Oh, that's funny...I've had the mono and stereo box sets on my computer in FLAC form since late last week.

If EMI's release is true, their heads are further up their asses than I thought...

Yep. I've had the Lame encode version at 192k since last week. Going to get the FLAC's tonight.

 

[BrianKonarsMac]

if they're ever going to release it on itunes, tomorrow makes alot of sense with the release of the Beatles Rock Band edition and their remastered music.

and the movie 9! o wait... at least that's what I'm interested in tomorrow

Rolling Stone agrees
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...r-9th-event-beatles-finally-coming-to-itunes/

 

[Scooterman1]

Wouldn't it make more sense to release the Remastered Catalog tomorrow, wait until the sales go down, then release them on iTunes?

That's how the Movies work.
Theaters, Video Sales, Video Rentals, etc..... alll with a time frame in-between.