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The Beatles Sell 2 Million Songs and 450,000 Albums In One Week On iTunes

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:28:15 +0000

The Beatles have sold 2 million songs and 450,000 albums in one week on Apple iTunes. These numbers were reported by Billboard. The top album sold was “Abbey Road” and the top song was “Here Comes The Sun.” The Beatles benefitted from their songs and albums being featured all over iTunes throughout the week. [AllThingsD]

Songs By The Beatles Are Now For Sale On iTunes

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:38:11 +0000

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced today that studio albums by The Beatles is now for sale on iTunes. This includes the group’s 13 remastered studio albums, iTunes LPs, the two-volume “Past Masters” compilation, and the classic “Red” and “Blue” collections. You can also buy individual songs. And iTunes users can also purchase a special digital “Beatles Box Set.”

Below is what some of The Beatles band members or their widows had to say about it:

“We’re really excited to bring the Beatles’ music to iTunes,” stated Sir Paul McCartney. “It’s fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first time around.”

“I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes,” said Ringo Starr. “At last, if you want it—you can get it now—The Beatles from Liverpool to now! Peace and Love, Ringo.”

“In the joyful spirit of Give Peace A Chance, I think it is so appropriate that we are doing this on John’s 70th birthday year,” said Yoko Ono Lennon.

“The Beatles on iTunes—Bravo!” said Olivia Harrison.

Single albums are for sale at $12.99 each and double albums cost $19.99 each. Individual songs cost $1.29 each. And the Beatles Box Set costs $149. The Box Set includes the 13 remastered studio albums, iTunes LPs, all mini-documentaries, an iTunes-exclusive of the very first Beatles’ U.S. concert, and the Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 concert film.

[Apple PR]

Rock Band: The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Now On The 360, Wii, and PS3

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:41:42 +0000

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band edition has made its way to the Sony PlayStation 3 (starting later today), Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. The game was developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by MTV and EA.

Asian Kid Singing Hey Jude By The Beatles Hits Over 9 Million YouTube Views

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:44:22 +0000

I don’t know exactly how this video got so many hits in one year, but this Asian kid singing “Hey Jude” by The Beatles has hit almost 10 million views. The original music video uploaded 3 years ago on YouTube has about 2.6 million views. YouTube should add a button where users can buy the original Beatles’ song on iTunes or Amazon.com. They may have made as much money as the JK Wedding Video.

The Beatles: Rock Band Gets An Official Trailer

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:45:49 +0000

Image: Engadget
Today is the Microsoft E3 keynote event and one of the highlights is the launching of The Beatles: Rock Band.

The tracks for the game are remastered Beatles songs and the game also has never before heard studio chat between the band. Below are some of the tracks that will be in the game:
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. I Want to Hold Your hand
3. I Feel Fine
4. Day Tripper
5. Taxman
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Back In The USSR
8. Octopus’ Garden
9. Here Comes The Sun
10. Get Back

Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney even made an appearance at the event as the snapshot by Engadget above shows. And below is the official game trailer:

The Pirate Bay: Day 3 Of The Trial Includes Arguments About King Kong And The Beatles

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:58:29 +0000

“Is the Colonel’s underwear a matter of national security?” That is my favorite line from the movie, A Few Good Men. Tom Cruise’s wittiness in that movie reminds me of the wittiness used by the lawyer for The Pirate Bay during this potentially long and arduous trial. The third day of the trial ended early just like yesterday’s day of the trial. Yesterday 50% of the charges were dropped because of the prosecution’s lack of the ability to properly explain what BitTorrent was.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) used an argument that damages caused by The Pirate Bay offering The Beatles’ song “Let It Be” through a torrent should be 10 times the damage since the music is available anywhere else online. The Pirate Bay doesn’t have the funds and cannot pay the damages for offering that song even though Peter Danowsky stated that The Pirate Bay is “organized crime on a grand scale” and netted “significant revenus” from various sources of advertising.

“If I have all this money they claim, someone has apparently stolen it from me,” stated The Pirate Bay’s co-founder Peter Sunde on Twitter. Peter Danowsky said that even if The Pirate Bay doesn’t have all that money, they can pay a lot of it anyway.

“EU directive 2000/31/EG says that he who provides an information service is not responsible for the information that is being transferred. In order to be responsible, the service provider must initiate the transfer. But the admins of The Pirate Bay don’t initiate transfers. It’s the users that do and they are physically identifiable people. They call themselves names like King Kong,” stated Carl Lundström’s lawyer Per E Samuelsson. “According to legal procedure, the accusations must be against an individual and there must be a close tie between the perpetrators of a crime and those who are assisting. This tie has not been shown. The prosecutor must show that Carl Lundström personally has interacted with the user King Kong, who may very well be found in the jungles of Cambodia.” Lundström’s company provides technical services to The Pirate Bay. After this statement the court adjourned.

Sunde later reported on Twitter that after the court was adjourned, “We had some pizza after todays episode of #spectrial. Met the whole oposing side and asked if they could pick up the check. They refused .”