Nov 5th, 2009 - Wired
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The curious saga of the Beatles catalog finally going on sale online at a little-known site called BlueBeat.com just became even curiouser.
Hank Risan, owner of BlueBeat and other companies named as defendants in the lawsuit EMI filed on Tuesday, has a novel defense to allegations he is unlawfully selling the entire stereo Beatles catolog without permission. He claims in a court filling that he - and not EMI or the Beatles' Apple Corp - owns these sound recordings, because he re-recorded new versions of the songs using "psycho-acoustic simulation."
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Judge stops sites from selling Beatles songs
Nov 6th, 2009 - MSNBC
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece. U.S. District Judge John F...
Beatles tracks pulled off US site
Nov 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
The Beatles are one of only a few major acts not on iTunes
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...EMI Sues Site Over Beatles Songs
Nov 4th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
The Beatles catalog finally became available for paid digital downloading, but not the way the band's record label, EMI Group Ltd., intended.
London-based EMI on Tuesday filed suit against Bluebeat.com...BlueBeat Ignores EMI, Still Sells Beatles Catalog Online
Nov 4th, 2009 - PC World
Seemingly unfazed by legal action from The Beatles' music label, an obscure online retailer in California continues to offer downloads of the Fab Four's entire music catalog...EMI suing Web site over sale of Beatles tracks
Nov 4th, 2009 - BusinessWeek
Music company EMI Group PLC said Wednesday it is suing a U.S.-based Web site that is selling downloads of Beatles songs. EMI said it had filed a copyright infringement suit against Bluebeat.com in a U.S...
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