New Beatles Collection 'Tomorrow Never Knows' Hits iTunes - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Ardosos;36917578]I really don't understand why people like the Beatles.[/QUOTE] Different people have different taste in music. Just like you might enjoy Lil Wayne and I don't. Personally I'm a huge Beatles fan. Also, who can't love this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fywc3C7PAk&list=FLqxxqo-pY8d28BZ1_agJs5A&index=39&feature=plpp_video[/media]

[QUOTE=Drsalvador;36914490]why the hell is the beatles' work so bloody hard to get ahold of?[/QUOTE] I'd imagine whoever holds the rights wants to get the license to the songs sold at a premium. Either that, or with half the boys no longer on our plane, it's become a bit of a mess to get them out there.

[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;36915868]A business plan where you give away your products after a set period of time wouldn't sit well with company executives. This is a capitalist system remember, they want to make profit and not lose money.[/QUOTE] He's talking about public domain. In America, public domain is after 120 years from the original copyright, at which point, anyone can use the product without paying royalties.

[QUOTE=Ardosos;36917578]I really don't understand why people like the Beatles.[/QUOTE] The band themselves were a bunch of total bros, and their music was completely revolutionary in terms of genre stylings. A lot of modern rock and much of modern music draws inspiration from their work. Also, at the time, they were the kings, and they sold so much that even if they weren't incredible, the fact that The Beatles are the top selling musical group in human history gives them some serious clout.

The reason why it took so long for the beatles to go on itunes, is because the beatles signed for a musicproducer named Apple back in the day. Apple (music) and Apple (computers) where in a legal war for decades. Last year it finnally cleared, they agreed and beatles music was put on iTunes. This is another addition of beatles music to itunes, thats why it's "news"

IIRC the only reason The Beatles Rock Band was made was because a higher up Harmonix guy was the son of a Beatle or something like that. Why the hell is it so rare to find Beatles work you can buy anyways?

[QUOTE=Ardosos;36917578]I really don't understand why people like the Beatles.[/QUOTE] I'm not the biggest Beatles fan but even I can see that they are the masters of catchy pop songs. If you don't like catchy pop songs then I can understand why you wouldn't get it. That doesn't even take into account how they revolutionized rock music. If you listen to rock now, the foundation of what you're hearing is there in the Beatles' recordings.

i don't mind the beatles, but i think a lot of people give them too much credit

[QUOTE=Drsalvador;36916746]wow that post alone sells you are as informed as a carrier bag is of the cuban missile crisis[/QUOTE] come again, houston?

[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;36915782]Uh that's not how big business works.[/QUOTE] he's right actually, I think its after 50 years music becomes public domain, at least in GB

[QUOTE=1STrandomman;36916720]I believe he's referring to this.[/QUOTE] Kind of. Copyrights lasting this long are retarded and it needs to change. It's useless to "protect" the work of an artist when they sold it millions and millions of times during decades or when they're dead. Past a certain point copyright is just used by corporations to make more money without doing anything, which isn't really its goal. Small bands earn almost all their money from live performance (while music sales benefits the publisher (not criticising, they need money too)) so having their copyright last long isn't useful. And the sales of a small band will drop quite fast anyway so they have to release new songs. Bigger internationally known bands such as the Beatles make quite a lot of money from sales and they don't need to have a steady income from songs they made half a century ago (publishers and people who bought a part of their rights (a thing that makes no sense towards intellectual property imo) don't need it either). Letting everybody enjoy their music and use it in their own songs or movies for free would make more sense. I don't blame corporations here, they just make profit out of a broken system. The problem is quite similar to the patents' one, on which everybody here seems to agree, so I don't get where all these boxes were coming from. (Even the "Happy Birthday" song is copyrighted, if that isn't a patent troll I don't know what it is.) I'd say the thing that bothers me the most about the current system is that people/companies can just do nothing but still make a shitload of money fro their copyrights, just like these "patent collector" companies that make others pay to use "their" concepts while not being productive at all.

[QUOTE=viperfan7;36918219]he's right actually, I think its after 50 years music becomes public domain, at least in GB[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/World_copyright_terms.svg[/img] It differs country to country, so for the UK it's the life of the artist(s) and 70 years. So I think you'd have to wait for all members of the Beatles to die and then wait 70 years for their music to go into the public domain.

[QUOTE=Mon;36917973]i don't mind the beatles, but i think a lot of people give them too much credit[/QUOTE] While bands that did alot for music goes un-noticed(The Velvet Underground is an example.)

[QUOTE=ItsMozy;36917797]The reason why it took so long for the beatles to go on itunes, is because the beatles signed for a musicproducer named Apple back in the day. Apple (music) and Apple (computers) where in a legal war for decades. Last year it finnally cleared, they agreed and beatles music was put on iTunes. This is another addition of beatles music to itunes, thats why it's "news"[/QUOTE] ahh that clears it up, thanks

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36917708]I very much love the Beatles. Put Abbey Road in, or Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Play the album start to finish and tell me you don't like it.[/QUOTE] what would you do if i sang out of key?

[QUOTE=thisispain;36920072]what would you do if i sang out of key?[/QUOTE] Would you stand up and walk out on me.

[QUOTE=thisispain;36920072]what would you do if i sang out of key?[/QUOTE] I'd correct you, cause the word isn't "key"

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36921563]I'd correct you, cause the word isn't "key"[/QUOTE] oopsie, it's tune

There is a line later on which uses "key". I don't blame you.

Still awaiting that Carnival of Light release.

Macca is pleased [editline]25th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=mak13two;36921862]Still awaiting that Carnival of Light release.[/QUOTE] And yeah, this

[QUOTE=Drsalvador;36914490]why the hell is the beatles' work so bloody hard to get ahold of?[/QUOTE] You must be joking.. [editline]25th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=LordCrypto;36915683]apple basically owns their music[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.mybeatles.net/imagelabels/apple.jpg[/img] apple records not [img]http://www.techdigest.tv/Apple-logo.jpg[/img]

Didn't Michael Jackson hold the rights to the Beatles or something?

[QUOTE=viperfan7;36918219]he's right actually, I think its after 50 years music becomes public domain, at least in GB[/QUOTE] As far as I know, that is 50 years after the original rightholder dies. - Edit - Superninja'd

[QUOTE=surfur;36927439]Didn't Michael Jackson hold the rights to the Beatles or something?[/QUOTE] when he died, I think the rights went to Mack. That being said, it's ridiculously easy to get hold of the music... it's been reissued a billion times and it's possibly the most frequently exchanged music on ebay probably. Itunes really isn't the most important place to get music. They don't even let you download the music in truly high quality.

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[QUOTE=LarparNar;36927498]As far as I know, that is 50 years after the original rightholder dies.[/QUOTE] More like 70 years I think.

Yeah I said 50 because that's what he said, and I wasn't sure about GB. I knew it was 70 years after death in Norway though :)

actually you may be right [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ocean_Full_of_Bowling_Balls[/url] this is unreleased and it says 50 years after death. I assumed people could just renew the copyright.

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