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The Beatles and Their Antipiracy Request
The Beatles sell their music on 30,000 apple-shaped USB drives in FLAC 44.1KHz 24bit—higher than 16-bit CD quality—and 320Kbps MP3 files but worry about illegal file sharing Earlier this month we reported about digital music store BlueBeat being sued by EMI for releasing Beatles songs as Mp3s without a license. Since then the big record label has triumphed in court against the US site and all the matter is now water under the bridge but another issue is yet to be cleared – what exactly keeps The Beatles music unavailable over the big net? ArsTechnica has took on answering this question – founded in January 1968 by The Beatles themselves, Apple Corps Ltd.
Continue reading »BlueBeat Beatles tracks gone for good after judge’s beatdown
We now have the full legal theory behind BlueBeat.com’s attempt to sell remastered Beatles tracks online for a quarter each. It’s so odd that the federal judge overseeing a music industry lawsuit against the site decided he didn’t even need to hold the hearing scheduled for tomorrow. Instead, he blasted BlueBeat’s “psycho-acoustic modeling” defense and extended his temporary injunction into something more permanent.
Continue reading »Judge batters Bluebeat with injunction over Beatles downloads
Site owner gives long and winding explanation An LA judge has slapped an injunction on the Californian website that was flogging downloads of the Beatles catalogue at 25 cents a pop.…
Continue reading »EMI saves world from unauthorised Beatles downloads
Takes Old Brown Shoe and kicks BlueBox with it EMI appears to have recleansed the internet of Beatles music, forcing Bluebeat.com to ditch the 25 cents per Fab Four song offer it launched this week.…
Continue reading »Judge hits Beatles MP3 seller with restraining order
The wheels of justice don’t always turn slowly. Only two days after music label EMI asked a federal judge to stop BlueBeat.com from selling The Beatles’ newly remastered albums online at a quarter a track, the judge has agreed—and suggests that he’s just as confused about what BlueBeat is doing as everyone else is. Judge John Walter took a look at both parties’ initial claims and decided to issue a temporary restraining order against BlueBeat and its parent company, Media Rights Technologies.
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