The official November 16 Apple Statement has gone live. The entire Beatles music catalog will be available for download. Apple has been saying that some kind of statement can be made come November 16. There were many rumors about the iTunes headline. Very few, if any of the rumors were regarding The Beatles, however.
Beatles available on iTunes
Within the iTunes store, the whole Beatles catalog is now available as of 6:30 a.m. Pacific Occasion on November sixteen. The 7 a.m. iTunes announcement occurred right after this. The full Beatles catalog is now included on the iTunes store, with tracks accessible for $1.29 each. The Beatles box set is something you can buy all together. $149 would be what you would pay for it. Years ago it was expected that the Beatles would soon be allowed on iTunes after a dispute settlement that everyone knew regarding.
Apple launching on November 16
There were many speculations around the Nov 16 Apple announcement. Many hopes that iTunes moving to a cloud-based, online service would be what the iTunes announcement was all about. A full announcement of the iOS 4.2 was what others though the iTunes headline would be. The Beatles possibility wasn't at all expected until the Beatles catalog appeared in the iTunes store. New music availability generally involves a half-hour delay between the release and the official headline just the Beatles catalog did.
7 years awaiting iTunes statement
A 7 year dispute has been going through for Apple right now. Beatle's parent corporation, Apple Corp., is the other business in the dispute. After a 30 year discussion, the dispute was settled in 2007. Stove jobs commented on it in 2007 after the dispute was over. He said, “We love the Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks. It feels great to resolve this in a good manner.” The first place to make it legal to purchase the full catalog of the Beatles music is going to be at iTunes as lawful downloads of the Beatles music hasn't been accessible.
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Apple Insider
appleinsider.com/articles/07/02/05/its_official_apple_and_the_beatles_kiss_and_make_up.html
iTunes Store
apple.com/itunes/
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