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The Beatles Go Digital Too

60's legend brought to the 3rd millenium; From vinyl to digital music

By Alexandra Varga, Music Editor

14th of April 2006, 09:17 GMT

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For years and years, remaining members of "The Beatles", resisted the temptation of selling music through the Internet. They kept the traditional image of the band, one that was "promoted by themselves" through the 60s and 70s.

But lately, Sir Paul and Ringo Starr decided they should give up this conservative image and "come in line" with nowadays music industry.

This change-of-look began with a lawsuit against Apple Computer made by Apple Corp., the company owned by former members of "The Beatles" - George Harrison's estate and Yoko Ono's, John Lennon's widow - for not respecting a 1991 agreement concerning selling music through iTunes Music Store.

The motive of the accusation was that it is better for everybody to have access to newly remastered Beatles songs, than to just grab the old ones and make fans pay for them. Therefore, Apple Corp. is going to prepare a band's catalog, which will be available through online music services. There are no details available yet regarding the date of online release.

So, even though, they still believe in "Yesterday" ("all their troubles seemed so far away back then…"), "The Beatles" rally to the third millennium high-tech.
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