NEWS: The Beatles Available For Download, Legally

Yesterday, The Beatles back catalog became available for download on iTunes making it the first time in history that The Beatles back catalog has been legally available online.

'It has been a long and winding road' said 55 year old Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

The move is supported by Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono and George Harrisons's widow. Drummer Ringo Starr expressed relief 'I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when The Beatles are coming to iTunes.

All 13 Beatles albums, their official compilations plus assorted live footage is now available from iTunes, the proprietary digital media player.

This deal marks the end of 32 years of legal disputes between consumer electronics multinational corporation Apple Inc and multimedia corporation Apple Corps Ltd.

Press Release

The Beatles. Now on iTunes.

All 13 Legendary Beatles Studio Albums & Special Digital Box Set.

Apple Corps, EMI and Apple are proud to announce that The Beatles are now available for the first time on the iTunes Store.

Starting today, each of the Beatles' 13 legendary remastered studio albums, including "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Revolver," "The Beatles [The White Album]," and "Abbey Road", will be available as iTunes LPs, which create an immersive album experience with a beautiful design and expanded visual features including a unique mini-documentary about the creation of each album.

The two-volume "Past Masters" compilation and the classic "Red" and "Blue" collections are also available as iTunes LPs.

A special digital "Beatles Stereo Box Set" contains the 13 remastered studio albums as iTunes LPs with all mini-documentaries, "Past Masters," and the "Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964" concert film, a worldwide iTunes exclusive which captures the Beatles' very first US concert in its entirety.

Individual songs from all the albums & box set are also available to purchase.

In addition, Beatles fans can stream and view the "Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964" concert film from iTunes for free until December 31 2010.

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