EMI boots Bluebeat off the net

Sat,07 Nov 2009 07:24 GMT -4:00 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/30855

- EMI Music has blocked Bluebeat.com from selling Beatles tunes online — for the moment, anyway.

As a reader kindly pointed out yesterday, “The songs are 25c a piece, 30c processing charge PER ORDER.

“So if you only buy one mp3 its 55c, but if you buy 100 songs its $25.30.”

But that would now be ‘were’ 25c a piece because EMI has won a temporary restraining order effective immediately, and valid until November 20 when arguments will be heard from both sides in a court hearing, says Billboard, going on:

“The service’s owner, Hank Risan, claims he doesn’t need to license the music as the service is using re-recorded versions of the songs using a technology called “psycho-acoustic simulation” and obtained new copyrights as a result.”

At 7:40 am Pacific, Bluebeat was still offering what seems to be the full range of Beatles tunes, said , going on:

“Not only but also, it’s continuing to stream Beatles albums, including the new remastered versions, for free.”

However it was offline at 10:45 amp Pacific today.

“This doesn’t, of course, make any kind of difference to the online availability of songs from the Fab Four,” we oted.

“They’ve  been downloadable from the various P2P networks since the year dot.”

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Billboard – EMI Wins Temporary Injunction Against BlueBeat, November 5, 2009




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