Comments on: The Beatles and iTunes: A question of money?

By: Lizzie, Hagerstown, Maryland

Lizzie, Hagerstown, Maryland — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:22:09 +0000

Okay, the person who made their comment at the very bottom of the list: Who says kids don't care for them? I'm a thirteen year old and a huge fan of The Beatles.

By: kimm K, Seatle, Washington

kimm K, Seatle, Washington — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:26:23 +0000

I think it is Yoko.

By: Brent, Victoria, British Columbia

Brent, Victoria, British Columbia — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:56:28 +0000

Old peoples music, as one wrote? Bloody rights! And it's great, timeless and will outlast anything you youngins will ever listen to. Like them or not the Beatles are indeed Number 1. You simply cannot argue with this continuing phenomenon.

By: Carl J., Lake Orion, MI

Carl J., Lake Orion, MI — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:45:01 +0000

Why are we still talking about a rock group from the 1960's?? I'll tell you why……. I just wasted a couple hours listening to tracks from Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Cheetah Girls, Britney Spears, Jay Z, Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Every single freekin' track sounded exactly the same. Two hours of the exact identical song and sound over and ever again. Perhaps that's why we're still talking about a group from the 1960's.

By: sally Richey, San diego, Ca

sally Richey, San diego, Ca — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:01:10 +0000

I wish they would work out an agreement. I could easily get the music for free (as anybody else could), but I would rather pay for it since it is the Beatles and I feel like I am buying a piece of them.

By: Gary, Winnipeg, MB

Gary, Winnipeg, MB — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:06:45 +0000

All the Beatles have their post Beatles work on iTunes already, so I put the blame on EMI.

By: cynik, Switzerland

cynik, Switzerland — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:48:48 +0000

"Because it’s *stealing* you idiots.

Some people still have ethics."

Sharing. It is called SHARING.

Stealing requires the movement of an article, from a given location, thus depriving the owner of it's use and function.

Hence, the USA does not "steal" the english language from the British. And farmers do not "steal" Basmati rice from the Basmati tribe who bred it over many generations.

However, an example of stealing could be applied to the very concept of sharing.

Your legal right to share information freely has been stolen by corporations with way too much political influence, purely so that their shareholders can make more money.

Your ethics smell pretty funny to me, but maybe that is because i am an idiot.

By: Steve Hancock, Fenton, MO

Steve Hancock, Fenton, MO — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:44:08 +0000

The Beatles deserve to get as much money as they can from the digital sales of their music. EMI paid them the grand total of 1 cent per record sold to split between the 4 band members (1/4 of a cent each) for the first 4 years of their recording careers, which was 8 or 9 CDs worth of music. Steve Jobs could still sell the songs for 99 cents each, but give the Beatles more than the usual artists share, and have Apple and EMI take less than their usual share.

By: cynik, Switzerland

cynik, Switzerland — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:42:14 +0000

People pay for music? Really? Why?

Why don't they just share it?

By: DJ KCMO

DJ KCMO — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:26:11 +0000

The longer they wait the more money they lose. Why buy them when you can download them for free on peer-to-peer sites (limewire).

None of them are spring chickens, can't take the money with you.