Executives at music industry giant EMI have triumphed in their legal battle over the BEATLES songs - a U.S. judge has shut down two websites accused of selling the...
And so it ends: the site that was selling digital downloads of Beatles songs - the only ones doing so anywhere in the world - have been shut down at the order of a US judge, reports the NME . We reported before on the legal travails that two interlinked sites, Bluebeat and Basebeat (though Bluebeat was the principal entry point), and their backer Hank Risan - who as that linked article points out,...
How could we not fill our CdG quota for the month with their The Beatles Collection. I wish I could have been inside Apple Corp. offices when this deal went through (almost as cool as having been in the Henson offices when Supreme came calling). Well, the collection’s standouts to most are the bags and [...] This article originally appeared on Selectism.com . Comme des Garçons The Beatles...
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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Looks like Ben is fast becoming a big fan of the Beatles, just like his Daddy. Quote of the day yesterday happened on the way back from Waitrose yesterday; Matt put one of Ben's favourite songs on - Octopus's Garden from Abbey Road, and Ben had requested to listen to the rest of the album. When 'Here Comes the Sun' started, he listened and then said with massive enthusiasm - "Daddy, this is the...
Los Angeles - A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against two websites, BlueBeat.com and Basebeat.com, that had been selling unauthorized downloads of songs from the Beatles and other artists on the cheap, the Associated Press reported. read more
Bluebeat founder Hank Risan says he sank $20 million into an effort to revolutionize digital music delivery. But he flushed it all the day he offered Beatles tracks for a quarter a pop, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter issued a preliminary injunction against BlueBeat.com and Basebeat.com , handing a victory to music company EMI Group, which sued Risan and his companies recently....
I like The Game, he’s a talented lyricist, and very personable, friendly, animated, and at times, hilarious on Twitter. But at the same time, I take everything he says with a massive silo of salt, because 1) its liable to change before you’re done transcribing the quote, and 2) Game is skilled at retro-fitting reality [...]
The Beatles seem to be everywhere these days, from computer games to...well, more music reissues than you can shake a stick at. Oh yes, clothing too if you add in the forthcoming The Beatles x Comme des Garcons clothing and...
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band edition has made its way to the Sony PlayStation 3 (starting later today), Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. The game was developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by MTV and EA.
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Im sick of waiting on PS3? What is the magic time for it to be released?
The newly remastered CDs of the Beatles' original albums and singles, which EMI and Apple Corps, the Beatles' company, are releasing today, have less of a gee-whiz factor than The Beatles: Rock Band, which also hits stores today. But for those of us for whom the music is paramount - and who will forever refer to Rock Band as "the toy" - the game is a plastic tail wagging a cartoonish dog.