The Beatles Mp3s

No no no not free, just at all. I usually download mp3s through amazon and pay for it, but all I can find on there is tribute bands. I'm thinking there must be some kind of exclusive media rights for the Beatles I'm just wondering who's allowed to sell it because I want it lol

Michael Jackson never "owned" the Beatles songs, what he purchased was the publishing rights to most of The Beatles catalog. The performance rights have always been held by the Beatles members or their estates.

The rights to the performances belong to Apple Corps, which is technically a partnership owned by McCartney, Starr, and the estates of Lennon (i.e., Ono) and Harrison (i.e., Olivia, his second wife). Those rights are licensed by Apple to EMI.

To maybe oversimplify a complicated business, publishing rights are basically the sheet music rights. There are a couple things the publisher can't do. The first is to mess with, or license the use of, Beatles recordings.

Here's a pretty good explanation on snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/jackson.asp

As far as I know, the only reason the Beatles aren't available as downloads are because they (Apple music corp - not MJ) haven't come to agreement with any on-line source. Negotiations with Apple computer (i-tunes) have been ongoing for years. There was great speculation and anticipation that the Beatles catalog would be available last year.

So for now, the only way to legally purchase Beatles tunes is to buy the CDs. Thats fine with me as I like to hold something that I spend my money on, not a bunch of zeros and ones coming from my computer connection.

Ohh ok, well thank you very much. I guess I'll have to go get it the old fashioned way lol Although walmart in this town can be very frustrating and I'll probably have to head to the Bs and dig through fifty bazillion BRITTNEY SPEARS's before I hit BEATLES.

^ I'd caution using that site. As far as I know, beatles tunes downloads are not available legally anywhere - despite what the site claims.

Maybe.... I signed up under a ghost account I use to try out sites and the catch is you have to deposit $30 to your account there and then buy from that... I guess it assures that you spend at least that much with them in order to get the downloads for that price (.05 each).

I did search the web for any warnings about the site (lavamp3 or mp3 panda) prior to posting the link and couldn't find anyone speaking negatively about them but (of course) caution is always recommended....  I'll remove the link and post if anyone thinks it could be problematic...