McCartney Blames EMI for Delay in iTunes Availability

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that it is EMI who is to blame for the delay in the Beatles' music being available on iTunes, according to a 9to5Mac report.

Speaking to the NME, he said: “We were having problems with iTunes – well not iTunes, EMI was the problem – with downloading, which we'd like to do because that's how a lot of people get their music.”

McCartney also said that the band has sidestepped the problem by working on the new 'The Beatles: Rock Band' game, which will be released tomorrow (September 9) for the XBox 360, PS3, and Wii.


Ernesto Schmitt, EMI’s global catalog president, said: “Conversations between Apple and EMI are ongoing and we look forward to the day when we can make the music available digitally. But it’s not tomorrow."

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