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Originally Posted by Chris
Yes. I can't think why though. It's not as if they're at the height of their fame and still earning a bucketload of cash selling their own albums. I can only imagine it's inertia on their part: they don't need the money, they don't need the exposure, they can't be bothered.
In the case of the Beatles, their recordings are going to end up out of copyright before very much longer, so it will be open season on them then!
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Nah, I think the Music Artists recently open a copyright extension for songs so the Beatles catalogue is protected for a good while yet! Although The Beatles should be up on Music stores soon, Apple (the Record Label) have said they are in the process of digitising the recordings while Sir Paul McCartney has said iTunes should be selling them by the end of the year. They are making the Beatles Rock Band game due for release in September as well.
Seems like they were resisting the technology but have come around and seen the benefits (or the writing on the wall that physical record sales are falling).