Beatle news briefs: New combos feature Beatles CDs and T-shirts

November 3, 11:10 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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     The Beatles (Apple Corps Ltd.)

• EMI files lawsuit against website selling Beatles mp3s
• Baby, you can buy my drive: With surprise announcement, Beatles go their own way digitally
• Beatles go digital for real: Apple Corps and EMI announce limited edition stereo USB drive
• John Lennon family members team up with EMI for 'Give Peace a Chance' digital single for UN charity

The news Tuesday about the USB drive (see the two links above) was a stone cold stunner. Even though this puts the whole iTunes issue in the background for now, this doesn't push iTunes out of the picture altogether.  And the Beatles themselves indicated that those digital negotiations were continuing. That this is a limited edition product doesn't make iTunes unnecessary. It does fire a shot from a virtual cannon, though, telling iTunes there are other ways to go.

More Beatles products to buy? Amazon.com is listing versions of remastered albums "A Hard Day's Night" , "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Help!" with an album T-shirt. These are probably similar to what Best Buy had when the remasters first debuted.

The EMI lawsuit (see top link) was a very late development. Few details are out, but then, it's pretty logical. It was pretty obvious that this effort to sell mp3s wasn't authorized.

The top five finalists for the "How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin" competition to determine the most influential artists have been announced. The nominees are the Beatles, U2/Bono, Pete Seeger, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. Vote here.

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