iTunes 9 - the vinyl countdown

[KiwiCoromandel]

Everyone's wondering when The Beatles will be sold on iTunes. You might find it odd, if you never though about it before, that The Beatles' songs aren't available in the ubiquitous iTunes Store.

Even The Beatles wonder that, apparently - Paul McCartney reckons it's not the remaining Beatles' fault. He blamed record company EMI. He told The Observer the holdup was due to EMI's concern about the prospects for piracy.

That would be those terrible piracy prospects that don't seem to bother any of the other legions of megastars making money out of iTunes sales, then.

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source: Mark Webster/mac.nz

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[rainbowdemon]

Prospects for piracy?

Sir Paul (or EMI) has never heard of file-sharing?

[KiwiCoromandel]

iTunes 9 - no Blu-ray for you!

It seems Apple still considers Blu-ray "a bag of hurt".

Despite being one of the first companies to stand behind the Blu-ray format, Apple refuses to offer Blu-ray playback to the Mac faithful.

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source: Blogs/smh.com.au

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