Beatles online by Claudia Sonea

On Thursday Paul McCartney announced that the expectation of the fans of the former band Beatles is about the end and the Fab four's music will be available online next year according to a U.S. music Web site report. They are among the first group and the highest-profile holdouts to putting their catalogue online and that is happening due to a trial for trademark that involved both the former members of Beatles and Apple. Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of George Harrison and John Lennon control the Apple Corps label and they wanted exclusivity so they sued Apple Inc on the charge of broking a deal aimed at ensuring there would not be two Apples in the music industry. Although the members lost the initial court battle against Apple Computer- more exactly against its iPod and iTunes download service- in the end they stroke a deal suitable for everyone. Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to "Apple" and will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. Furthermore, McCarthy stated for the Bilboard.com that before going online they wanted to be sure that everything is in perfect order and clear and the Beatles' catalogue will be released by Apple as a consequence of the trademark settlement in February. Despite the fact that the solo catalogues of all four Beatles have been available digitally since October, the music of the group is definitely going to be a hit. Stay connected and soon you'll surf their web.

related story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071115/tot-uk-beatles-b86c26b_1.html

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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