EMI to make its entire catalog available for download (1 Viewer)

[John_Berger]

EMI has struck a deal with a UK file-sharing network to offer its entire digital music catalogue online.

It means customers will be able to inexpensively download thousands of songs by artists such as Coldplay, Robbie Williams and the Rolling Stones.

Subscribers to London-based Wippit.com pay a flat annual £30 fee.

For this amount they can potentially legally download about 100,000 songs from EMI's vast back catalogue, which also includes Pink Floyd and Radiohead.

The entire article is available from the BBC here .

It's a start.

 

[LarryDavenport]

Except they're wrong because the Beatles catalog will not be available.

 

[John_Berger]

But do the Beatles' albums fall under EMI or Apple?

 

[Jack Ferry]

I believe the performances themselves (as opposed to the song rights) are owned by Apple and licensed to EMI. All major Beatle/Apple decisions require a unanimous vote from Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia. Don't expect to see the Beatles catalogue available (legally) for download anytime soon.