Been away for a while -- what's up with beatles songs? (Page 1 of 2)

Im in California and got the same message when I picked a song

Mines working now too

Mine works one time /maybe not the next / doesn't seem to be title nor album oriented

I too am having the same issue w/ Beatles songs, & also live in US.

Same thing here in eastern Canada.. shame eh.

Badeye

freedom of the net is under attack by many different companys and governments .. they are looking to ban all file sharing of any kind , except for your own stuff . hardly a day goes by that i dont hear on the news some artist or other moaning about the use we have . the one that made me most angry is a famous songwriter who has made a comeback and earning a good living again solely because he was featured on you tube so often .. but the songwriter was moaning he didnt get enough royalties ... but he is earning more now the guy got his fame back ... they got to realise its advertising for them as well ... we are losing our freedom on the internet .

As has been mentioned in this as well as many other threads, song publishers and lawyers are trying to shut down tab sites like Chordie. Per has done the prudent thing and removed those artist's from which he received specific complaints or notices.

I suggest you visit the site below which has an extensive Beatles library:

http://lennonchords.info/

OK Wisconsin.  Florida and California had problems just as this misplaced Alabamian did here in Toronto.  Too much 'Old Style'?

Hi i am experiencing the same problem. New Zealand is about as far away from the UK as it gets. Whats the problem?

Doesn't Michael Jackson own most of the rights to Beatles songs?

Found this story.
Back in 1963, the Beatles gave their publishing rights to Northern Songs, a company created by their manager, Brian Epstein, and a music publisher, Dick James. Northern Songs went public in 1965, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney each had 15% of the company's shares, while Dick James and the company's chairman, Charles Silver, held a controlling 37.5% of shares. In 1969, James and Silver sold Northern Songs and its assets to the Associated Television Corporation (ATV).

In 1985, ATV's music catalog was sold, and Michael Jackson was the high bidder. Jacko paid a reported $47 million for the publishing rights to somewhere between 159 to 260 Beatles songs. A decade later, Jackson and Sony merged their music publishing businesses. Since 1995, Jackson and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have jointly owned most of the Beatles songs.

While the Jackson-Sony collection includes practically all of the Beatles' greatest hits, they don't have every little thing. Paul McCartney bought the rights to "Love Me Do," "Please, Please Me," "P.S. I Love You," and "Tell Me Why." Northern Songs never owned these early tunes, so they weren't included in the ATV deal.

In the past few years, the media has speculated that Jacko may need to sell the Beatles' rights to pay for his extravagant lifestyle and mounting legal costs. Sony reports that Jackson used his half of the Beatles' catalog as collateral for a loan from the music company. If Jackson defaults on the loan, Sony has the right to buy his share. In 2001, Jackson stated: "The Beatles catalogue is not for sale, has not been for sale and will never be for sale." But who knows? Maybe he'll try to take a sad song and make it better by cashing in.