Posted March 15, 200916 yr The Beatles consider alternatives to using iTunes Contact Music.com 13/03/2009 19:15 THE BEATLES are considering ditching a deal with iTunes to release their huge back catalogue of music using their own website. Surviving bandmembers Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and the estates of the late John Lennon and George Harrison have long resisted releasing their music for digital download. It was recently announced they have begun negotiations with Apple about making their music available on iTunes, but Harrison's musician son Dhani reveals The Beatles are unhappy with Apple's offer - and may take their tunes elsewhere. He tells Blender magazine, "We're losing money every day. So what do you do? You have to have your own delivery system, or you have to do a good deal with (Apple boss) Steve Jobs. But he says that a download is worth 99 cents, and we disagree."
March 15, 200916 yr It would be good to go to one of the lessor download sites. 7digital or amazon. It would be a good marketing tool against iTunes. Realistically I don't think Beatles download for more then 99 cents would work out, if that is a hold up then such unrealistic expectation is likely to result in poor download sales when they eventually occur.
March 23, 200916 yr I think they might be a bit up there arse a bit when they say a download is worth more than 99 cents, I think if they were being better, and really wanted to make sales, they would release digitally themselves but for far less than 99 cents. But you know when you can download The Beatles, the physcial format is going to die out :( But on the other hand i think it is important for them to stop resisiting as not only are physical formats dying out (so soon downloads will be the only way) it will also prevent some people who may download Beatles music illegally.
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