Tag: PAULMCCARTNEY

Bossy, cigar-chomping managers? Slimy, money-hungry lawyers? Clearly, Erykah Badu doesn't need either of these to take care of business. The take-charge, if not slightly procrastinating, singer recently got a Paul McCartney sample cleared for her next album, entirely through the power of Twitter. With less than 24 hours to get the ball rolling, Badu managed to clear the sample of Wings' song ...

Last week, the four founders of torrent site Pirate Bay got what they deserved, at least according to Sir Paul McCartney. Of the downloading pioneers' being found guilty of copyright violation in a Swedish court, the songwriter and former Beatle told the BBC's Newsbeat, "If you get on a bus you've got to pay. And I think it's fair, you should pay your ticket." The Pirate Bay, a Web site on ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/arts_culture/Paul_McCartney_Beatles_on_iTunes_stalled_I_m_not_dead'; In a new twist to the wearisome saga of the Beatles digitizing their music catalog for iTunes (or any digital service, for that matter), Paul McCartney says that the negotiations have "stalled." McCartney said, "It's between EMI and the Beatles, I think," before adding, "I really hope it will ...

At last, Sir Paul McCartney himself is now saying that the Beatles's catalog will be coming online (meaning, we hope, iTunes) "soon." McCartney told Billboard.com that, "it's down to fine-tuning, but I'm pretty sure it'll be happening next year, 2008." All of the members of the Beatles' s solo work is now available on iTunes, but so far the Fab Four's collective works have been missing. Rumors ...