March 11, 2008

Beatles on iTunes at last

There are many people today who will be very pleased to hear that ex Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has just signed a deal worth £200 million that will see the music of the fab four being available for the first time on iTunes.

Of course all of the cash will not be going to Paul McCartney there will also be a cut for Ringo Starr, along with the families of George Harrison and John Lennon, but there is also some other people with their hands out, EMI, Sony and Michael Jackson also have a stake in the Beatles music, so although £200 million is huge amount of money, once everyone has been paid off it can quickly reduce.

However it would appear that Sony and EMI may not be fully on board with this deal, so although there is a great basis for a deal there, it means that all of these parties need to be in agreement, otherwise there will be no Beatles tracks available on iTunes after all!

Source [Gizmodo]