Beatles Downloads Available, Lawsuit for License

BlueBeat was sued by EMI for releasing Beatles songs as Mp3s without permission

The EMI guys must be very upset. After US digital music store BlueBeat announced last week that it was selling Beatles albums (tracks priced 55 cents, that is 25 cents per song and 30 cents for ‘processing’) spoiling EMI’s own announcement for the first legitimat release of the Beatles back catalog digitally, the record label is now suing for copyright infringement.

EMI said BlueBeat is selling Fab Four without a license. It almost makes you sympathetic, doesn’t it? – when you think that Tuesday night they so proudly ‘released’ the big surprise news they have been cooking – to put on the market 30,000 apple-shaped devices, with the 14 recently-remastered Beatles albums preloaded as FLAC and MP3 files. Ohhh! Damn it, BlueBeat, you ruined their surprise (especially that the price is a little high in comparison)! The devices will be available starting with7 November in Europe and 8 November in the US, with a price point of £200 in the UK and $279.99 in the US.

(via Music Ally)