Comments on: Beatles catalog headed for digital distribution?

Talks are on that could finally make Beatles songs available for sale online, sources say, a development that could bolster the budding online-music industry.

Revolution or Cooption?

If the suits now running the Beatles corporate enterprise, who
pioneered the creative explosion in music in the 60's and 70's,
now sign on with Microsoft, the copycat military-industrial
behemoth of the digital world, they'll betray the revolution.

Not on iTunes until suit is settled

I doubt The Beatles (I think the british would use the term "old foggies" to describe this technologically backward group) would allow their music to be sold through iTunes, as they are suing Apple (through Apple) because the iTunes Music Store "treads on their turf" so to speak. By allowing their songs to be sold on iTunes they would be legitimating iTunes, which is not in their interest, apparently.

[als]

Beatles Online

I want Super Audio cds and Dvd Audio, not bit compressed formats. If you have not listened to Super Audio Cds or Dvd Audio, you are missing out on two incredible formats. They are what Hi Def is, to video.

[Fray9]

Great....

Yet another artist wanting to create their own music store.

At this rate every artist will have their own store that you have to visit to get one of their songs.

Its kinda like instead of department stores we had a store for each brand name lined up in a row stretching off over the horizon.

So much for rediscovering by accident songs you once loved. If things continue this way the only way your going to get a music collection is if you know specifically what song by what artist on what album you want and spend a lot of time searching the internet for the appropriate store.

This is not progress.

[Jonathan]

Progress...the RIAA...and Niagara Falls

Actually it is progress. If an artist can become independent from the RIAA bastards by simply setting up their own store I say more power to them. In the case of the Beatles it?s all about $$$$$$$ instead of freedom from the suits.
Things like this is exactly why the RIAA has been fighting like a MOFO the last couple of years. Pirating is just an excuse. It?s all about maintaining control over the medium and in this case it?s a lose lose situation for the RIAA. In 20 years there is going to be NO need for the RIAA period. They are doing their damnedest to make sure they survive but its like fighting Niagara Falls 30 feet from the drop off. It?s a losing battle at this point. They?ve dug their own grave it?s now just a matter of having them fall over dead into it. They are a walking corpse of a conglomerate they just don?t know it yet.

[Jonathan]

Too little to late........

allofmp3.com for those that can't adapt or cope or simply want to be a PITA for the sake of being a PITA I will nab whatever I want off the above site. I've gotten 80% of my music off of iTMS but if some artist is going to be an *** I have not problems going somewhere else.