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Beatles Catalog Online: Mojo Filtered?

We've heard this so many times, we're reluctant to believe it: Again there are reports that that the Beatles will release their music catalog online. But the deal seems to be groovin' up slowly. No sooner had a tease of "an exciting new digital offering" been released from EMI Group—the label that's handled the Beatles in England since the beginning—when "a source familiar with the situation" said that for some reason the announcement tomorrow morning won't include the Beatles after all. What a letdown! The event was even supposedly going to include a special live performance.

However, for some reason, EMI will still be holding a news conference in London, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be there, too. WTF is Steve Jobs going to be doing at an EMI press conference if it has nothing to do with the Beatles on iTunes? Other EMI artists? Your guess is as good as ours. We'll find out at 8 a.m. EDT, when there will be a webcast of the event. If this is another false alarm, we're going to have to shoot some Coca-Cola or something. We'll update you as soon as we find out anything. – Charlie White

Apple/EMI in deal, but Beatles not included-source [Reuters]

10:16 PM on Sun Apr 1 2007
By Charlie White
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k.o.r. at 09:43 PM on 04/01/07
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070401-emi-to-annou...

Looks like an announement regarding DRM-free releases via iTunes and others....
Ryanraven at 09:48 PM on 04/01/07
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Man i am not going to believe this. April 1st is spoiling all the acually news. Besides i wasn't even alive when The Beetles were popular.
hubfam at 09:50 PM on 04/01/07
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It's DRM free music, Beatles, and a new iPod. My buddy works for EMI.
Galley at 11:47 PM on 04/01/07
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DRM free is great, but how about some better quality files?
carrottopso at 12:33 AM on 04/02/07
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good reference from come together!
He shoot Coca cola, he say....
Im gonna have to shoot some too
strider_mt2k at 07:18 AM on 04/02/07
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What's the bitrate?
HawkWolf at 07:37 AM on 04/02/07
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strider:

low enough that people will complain, high enough that most of them will buy it anyway if they didn't already download it from bittorrent.
strider_mt2k at 07:42 AM on 04/02/07
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I guess I'm a control freak.

I want control over the quality, and what device I play it on.

Pass.
TommySez at 09:17 AM on 04/02/07
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Is there a single person in the world who wants these tracks but doesn't already own all the CDs?

Gee, are there folks who have been waiting all this time to replace their Beatles vinyl?
Atrahasis at 10:44 AM on 04/02/07
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I agree with Tommy; anyone who cares about the Beatles will already have bought the CDs and ripped them.

I'm not saying people won't download them here and there from iTunes, but I seriously doubt there will be a collective sigh of relief (except maybe from those of us who are tired of seeing the constant rumors about this yawn-inducing subject).
drewheyman at 10:47 AM on 04/02/07
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i thought it was Dreadnoks that liked grape soda, not beatles. hmmmm.
funkright at 09:23 PM on 04/02/07
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Beatle's shmeetles.. I am getting sick and f'n tired about that POS drama.. Get over it, get into the 21st century. Good band, some may say the best ever, but if they don't get with the program their fan base and legacy will die with the current generation.