The Beatles Finally Headed to iTunes [REPORT]

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Brenna Ehrlich
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The Beatles Finally Headed to iTunes  [REPORT]
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The WSJ is citing "people familiar with the situation" -- a source one always has to take with a grain of salt -- who report that Apple, representatives for The Beatles and EMI Group Ltd were recently in talks regarding the matter. Those same sources also warn that Apple could change plans at the last minute. We're a bit doubtful of that note; why would Apple devote an entire ad to something that might not come to fruition?

If this deal does go through, however, it will mark the end of a decades-old dispute between the two camps. According to the WSJ, the Beatles and Apple have been at war since 1978, when the band said that the computer manufacturer infringed on its trademark -- that of Apple Corps Ltd. and Apple Records.

Billboard.biz is in agreement with the WSJ -- asserting that "'Another Day' (the words in Apple's teaser message) is a Paul McCartney song released on his solo record Ram, but written during the Beatles' Let it Be sessions."

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