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Beatles tracks pulled off US site EMI Music has won an injunction against a US website which it said was selling Beatles songs without permission. A Los Angeles judge issued the order against Bluebeat.com, banning it from streaming or selling tracks by the band and other EMI artists. Bluebeat said it was selling only re-recorded versions of the songs, but the judge ruled it had not provided reliable evidence to back up the claim. The Beatles are one of only a few major acts not to sell their songs online. EMI filed the legal action against BlueBeat earlier this week after it became aware the company was offering unauthorised downloads of Beatles tracks, for 25 cents (15p) each. It also noted many of the songs on the site had never been licensed for sale or replay online. Copyright loophole Bluebeat's owner, Hank Risan, has claimed he does not need to license the music as the service is selling re-recorded versions of the songs using a technology called "psycho-acoustic simulation". He argues it enables him to sell music that sounds identical to recordings, making it exempt under a section of the Copyright Act which applies to recordings that "imitate or simulate those in the copyrighted sound recording". Music by tribute bands are typically covered by this section of the law - for example, a Beatles tribute act would not be guilty of violating recording copyright, however they would still be required to pay publishing royalties on any songs they recorded. A court date has been set for 20 November when arguments will be heard from both sides. EMI - which owns Beatles recordings - has been in protracted negotiations with Apple Corps, the company set up by the band to look after their catalogue, to agree a deal to sell their songs online. An EMI spokesperson told the BBC: "Discussions between EMI and Apple Corps continue. EMI would love to see The Beatles' music available in digital stores." Source: BBC News

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I thought it was called "Duty Free". B) We don't get this up here in Scotland as we only get a program called "Not in Scotland", as STV haven't shown any recent ITV series up here due to lack of cash. Totally fed up of the utter tripe STV serve up here, if they get there way it will be nothing but Tartan & Bagpipes. Thank God for channel 993 on sky.

F1 'war' on car makers - Ferrari Ferrari has said that those in charge of Formula 1 have "waged war" against the major car manufacturers, leading to the withdrawal of several teams. Toyota quit the sport on Wednesday, following the loss of Honda and BMW, while Renault are also considering their future in F1. The Ferrari statement comes soon after a change of leadership at the sport's governing body, the FIA. Max Mosley will be replaced by ex-Ferrari boss Jean Todt as president. In a statement released on its website, Ferrari compared the sport to the Agatha Christie detective novel 'Ten Little Indians' in which the murderer is not exposed until after the other characters have been killed off. The statement read: "It could be seen as a parody of "Ten Little Indians," the detective novel by Agatha Christie, first published in England back in 1939, but the reality is much more serious. "Formula 1 continues to lose major players: in the past 12 months, Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota, have announced they are leaving the sport. "In exchange, so to speak, we will now have, Manor, Lotus (at least in name only, as this incarnation has little to do with the team that gave us Colin Chapman, Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna to name but a few,) USF1 and Campos Meta. "Can we claim that it's a case of like for like, just because the numbers sitting around the table are the same? "Hardly and we must also wait and see just how many of them will really be there on the grid for the first race of next season in Bahrain and how many will still be there at the end of 2010. "The reality is that this gradual defection from the F1 fold has more to do with a war waged against the major car manufacturers by those who managed Formula 1 over the past few years, than the result of any economic crisis. "In Christie's work of fiction, the guilty party was only uncovered when all the other characters died, one after the other. Do we want to wait for this to happen or do we want to pen a different ending to the book on Formula 1?" Renault held an emergency board meeting on Wednesday to discuss their future in the sport. The French car manufacturer is considering whether to remain in the sport with its own team, switch to simply being an engine supplier or quit altogether. Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone have also said they will leave Formula 1 at the end of 2010. In a statement released on Wednesday, the FIA said: "(We have) repeatedly warned that motor sport cannot outpace the world economic crisis. "That is why the competing teams have been asked to cut costs and the entry of independent teams has been encouraged. "The FIA accepted the cost-reduction measures put forward by the teams on the basis that they would ensure a long-term commitment to the championship. Toyota's announcement demonstrates the importance of the original cost-reduction measures set out by the FIA. "The FIA will now work to ensure that Toyota's departure is managed in the best interests of the championship and will continue to encourage the F1 teams to undertake the necessary cost-cutting measures for the good of the sport." Source: BBC News

Donovan - Sunshine Superman Rolling Stones - Paint it black v Turtles - Elenore

The birdy song by the Tweets , of course. The Beatles allowed some of their early songs to be sung by other artists in the 1960's, who recorded some of their songs?

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I have stayed out of this discussion so far, as I don't have any strong opinions one way or the other. What I do think is this: Is immigration into the UK a bad thing - NO. Is uncontrolled immigration a bad thing - Well yes it can be. The facts are we are a small island, so there really is a limit to how many people you can sustain within the land mass. ( Its a bit like how many people can you squeeze into a mini) Can we build more houses - Yes of course we can. But where, nobody wants new large housing schemes built anywhere near them. I suppose we can always start building huge tower blocks like in New York to give them a place to stay, as there is a finite limit to building individual houses on the ground. Do we really want to build skyscrapers in our cities? The truth is the areas where mass immigration is happening is in the major cities in England, and the south east. Where I live, I would say there is hardly any immigration, apart from some Eastern European migrants who work in fruit picking, and on the farms etc. We have virtually no immigrants from Africa, Asia, Etc. Up here in Scotland our land mass is about 2/3 the size of England, but we have less than 1/10 of the population of England, so there is plenty of room up here. However 2/5 of the land is not habitable (mountains etc), plus it appears most immigrants from Africa & Asia have no desire to live in such a cold, wet & windy Country ( and who can blame them). One thing that may be true about the perception of immigration is that the older generation (over 40) are more likely to be suspicious either through fear of the unknown or a bit set in their ways. This generation which includes a few posters here have lived in the UK where in the 60/70's immigration was on a much lower scale. There is no doubt in the last 10 years it has increased dramatically. The younger generation (under 40) are more used to living with immigration and probably have more contact, therefore they have integrated better than the oldies, so they see it as less of a problem. As far as the BNP are concerned, I have no time for them. They are a one policy party and have virtually no chance of any support outwith the large northern towns of England in my opinion. Where the Government made serious errors was not to plan properly for the large numbers who came and settled. To not build houses, schools, hospitals for these increases in population shows a serious lack of insight , all they have done is put serious strains on the current infrastructure. Some parts are bursting at the seams. And this is the crux of where the BNP are gaining some support, however mislead. If you are white, living in the north of England, can't get a job because you are possibly not that well educated, and some moron says "Its all the fault of Johnny Foreigner" they don't have the intelect to see through them as a bunch of shysters. Where immigrants come here and work & pay taxes I see no problem. Do all immigrants work & pay taxes - NO. What we need is a balanced immigration policy, where we agree to let an ageed amount per year. If we had done that for the last 10 years, I believe the BNP would have been strangled at birth. Anyway, enough of my ramblings, this is what our current Home Secretary thinks,- Johnson admits migration mistakes Home Secretary Alan Johnson has admitted that the government has made mistakes in handling immigration. Labour and Conservative administrations had been "maladroit" in dealing with the issue, he said in a speech. Mr Johnson said parts of the UK had been "disproportionately" affected by immigration, with some areas seeing a "strain" on jobs and public services. But the UK was now "more successful" at tackling migration than most countries in Europe and North America, he added. 'Ignored too long' The Home Office said last week that up to 40,000 immigrants who should have left more than six years ago could still be in Britain. The government introduced a points-based system last year to control the entry of non-EU citizens to the UK. But the government has been repeatedly criticised by opponents, who say it has failed to stem the increase in immigration since 1997. Mr Johnson told an audience at the Royal Society for the Arts in central London: "Whilst I accept that governments of both persuasions, including this one, have been maladroit in their handling of this issue, I do believe that the UK is now far more successful at tackling migration than most of its European and North American neighbours." He added: "The legacy problems with unreturned foreign national prisoners and asylum seekers may have accumulated under previous administrations, but they continued to be ignored for far too long on our watch." Learn language Mr Johnson rejected "fashionable" criticisms that mainstream politicians "shied away" from talking about immigration. He said: "I want to talk about immigration today, tomorrow, next week and on any occasion I can." The "moderate majority" had not had their views heard on the issue, he said. At the same time as accepting genuine refugees, they wanted Britain to return home illegal immigrants, failed asylum seekers and foreign national prisoners. Mr Johnson said there was "no sensible argument" for immigration to cease altogether. But people who come to live in the UK should learn the language, obey the laws and pay tax, he added. Source: BBC News

We hear today that RBS & Lloyds are to get yet another £33.5b & £5.7b respectively, the day after RBS announces another 3700 redundancies from their High street branch network. Now blow me down with a feather, but there was me thinking these are not the people that screwed up big time, it was those halfwits (who think they are so damned clever <_<) in the Investment division who lost all the money. Don't see them losing their jobs, nope they are the ones expecting a large bonus. You couldn't make it up even if you tried.

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Harrison gave the original 10 lines of the track - called Silence (Is It's Own Reply) - to biographer Hunter Davies for inclusion in his band biography, first published in the late 1960s. They had been discarded as scrap paper on the floor of the legendary Abbey Road studio until being found by cleaners. The lyrics remained ignored until BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Spencer Leigh approached contemporary songwriter Dean Johnson about turning them into a finished song. Dean, from Oxton, Wirral, said: "The words were both brutally honest and compassionate and Harrison was obviously writing from the heart. "I just tried by my best ability to get into the mind of someone in George's position and I am so pleased that most people who have heard it, think I achieved a credible continuity with the original lyrics." The song's lyrics were first thought to about unrequited love but are now believed to allude to Harrison's uneasy relationship with John Lennon. Harrison wrote: "I'm happy to say that it's only a dream/When I come across people like you/It's only a dream and you make it obscene/With the things that you think and you do/You're so unaware of the pain that I bear/And jealous for what you can't do." On the reverse side of the lyrics are instructions on how to reach Beatles manager Brian Epstein's country house in Sussex, written in Epstein's hand. The are now on display in the British Library's Beatles collection, along with more material loaned by Hunter who plans to donate everything to the library after his death. The lost lyrics are in the latest edition of Hunter's Beatles biography, republished later this month. The completed song lyrics: Silence (Is It's Own Reply) I'm happy to say that it's only a dream When I come across people like you, It's only a dream and you make it obscene With the things that you think and you do. You're so unaware of the pain that I bear And jealous for what you can't do. There's times when I feel that you haven't a hope But I also know that isn't true. Every time I ask you why Silence is its own reply It's so hard to prove what I can do Compared to someone like you You make it look easy but you still tease me When you have got nothing better to do When the tears are falling and its dawning The truth will ring out so clear That no-one's above you and nobody can love you Until all that pain disappears Every time I ask you why Silence is its own reply By the time we have talked it over It's time to say goodbye Source: Daily Telegraph Wonder if this will ever be recorded, and if so who should record it?

American website, BlueBeat, has continued to sell MP3 files of every single Beatles track from 25 cents (15p), all day today, even though The Telegraph has revealed the group’s record label, EMI, has launched an urgent investigation into the unauthorised sale. The site has also continued to stream each of the group’s albums, including the recently released remastered versions, in their entirety, free of charge. EMI and Apple Corps, The Beatles’ own company, have never released digital versions of the songs and fiercely protected the back catalogue against any attempts to do so. An EMI spokesman told The Telegraph today that the company were still looking into the situation and it will take “a little while” before anything changes. It is believed no legal proceedings have been launched yet. With tracks going for 15p on BlueBeat.com and full albums, such as Abbey Road, for $4.25 (£2.60), consumers who have cashed in on the unusual situation, have made major savings. Each track is approximately five times cheaper than the current UK iTunes singles rate. Stuart Dredge, editor of music industry blog, Music Ally, thinks the situation is very strange. “BlueBeat is one the first download stores in the West to sell unlicensed downloads. Usually it’s the pirate sites that behave like this and there have also been some similar issues with Russian and Lithuanian sites. “But it is really strange for what had been a legal and commercial site to behave like this and get away with it for this long,” he explained. Mr Dredge first became aware of the illegal sale and free streaming of the Beatles’ tracks last Thursday (October 29). He expects EMI and Apple Corps to sue if BlueBeat continues. “I was expecting lawsuits to be hitting them by now – but that will probably come,” he said. “It all could just be a publicity stunt to get BlueBeat some attention.” Executives at BlueBeat.com, which is owned by Media Rights Technologies, have not returned calls or emails today. Source: Daily Telegraph

Hollies - Carrie Anne Herman's Hermits - No milk today v Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Titch - Legend Of Xanadu

All I want for Christmas is a Beatle (The Movie - part 3) Who were their great musical rivals throughout the '60's?

Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey

Epstein, Brian

Race : Abu Dhabi 1 Hamilton 2 Vettel 3 Button 4 Webber 5 Kovalainen 6 Barrichello 7 Raikkonen 8 Rosberg Pole Hamilton Fastest Lap Vettel

A good read. :)

Traffic - Paper Sun Move - Blackberry Way v Procul Harum - Whiter shade of pale

John & Edward from the X Factor. What reality show did the Beatles first appear on, and where did they finish in the competition?

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