Is anyone else besides me disappointed?! -TGThe long and winding road to DRM-free downloads from a major record label led this week to the door of The Beatles' label, EMI.
To the disappointment of many, the deal between Apple and EMI announced yesterday won't include the long-awaited release of the Fab Four's catalog on the iTunes Music Store.
EMI says discussions are ongoing with Beatles publisher Apple Corps to secure the online rights from the world's biggest digital holdout. Those talks are unrelated to the wider issue of selling tracks without anti-copying technology known as digital rights management, or DRM.
Under the current arrangement between EMI and Apple Corps, both parties must agree to move Beatles recordings to each new format. The Beatles catalog is already available on CD, but digital downloads are a different matter. So far, the British group's publisher has held back.
When asked when the Beatles tunes will be available for download, EMI spokesperson Jeanne Meyer expressed her hopes that an agreement would be forthcoming.
"We hope very soon," she said.
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