EMI Wins Beatles Music Injunction

November 9th, 2009

On Friday, EMI won an injunction against BlueBeat.com, forcing the web site to stop selling Beatles songs without permission. The London-based record label alleged that the music site was breaching its copyrights.

A Los Angeles federal court moved swiftly to issue a temporary restraining order against BlueBeat. EMI, which represents The Beatles works, filed suit against the BlueBeat site on Tuesday.

BlueBeat.com was selling songs from the British band’s archives for 25 cents each. By contrast, Apple’s iTunes Store sells songs for about $1, but does not have The Beatles’ catalog. BlueBeat had all its Beatles bases covered, offering original recordings and remastered versions of Beatles classics.

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