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Report: Beatles May Opt for Own Store to Sell Digital Tracks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 19, 2009 - 9:42am.
London - The Beatles may opt to offer their long-anticipated digital catalog on their own digital music store rather than on iTunes (NASD: AAPL) or other established retailers, citing a desire to set their own pricing for downloads, the Guardian reported.

"[Apple CEO Steve] Jobs says that a download is worth 99 cents, and we disagree," thirty-year-old Dhani Harrison, a son of the late George Harrison who works at the band's label, Apple Corps, told Blender Magazine.

 

"We're losing money every day," Harrison told the Guardian.

"So what do you do? You have to have your own delivery system, or you have to do a good deal with Steve Jobs."

Harrison claims to be the driving force behind Apple Corps' decision to license the Beatles' tracks for use in the forthcoming music video game "The Beatles: Rock Band."

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/e5ufz (Guardian)

Published in DMW Daily, March 19, 2009
tags: Music | Apple | iTunes Store | Apple Corps | The Beatles | Dhani Harrison |



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Beatles Downloads

Submitted by Spike Wilbury (not verified) on March 19, 2009 - 1:50pm.
True what Dhani says...The BEATLES do not need Steve Jobs or his company Apple to distribute their music. The Beatles (Paul, Ringo, Yoko, Olivia) have the capabilities to set up their own website and charge what they like for customers to download their music.

SO--THEY WANT TO CHARGE LESS OR MORE?

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on March 23, 2009 - 5:59am.
This article is so not specific. Do they feel they are not making as much as they could by selling Beatles tracks in a greater quantity for less than 99 cents, OR, do they feel they need to charge more (Paul and Ringo, say it ain't so!)?

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