This would be pretty awesome - the Beatles may finally make their music available for download via iTunes.

One additional angle is that perhaps the Beatles are at work producing newly remastered versions of their albums that when released would be of much higher quality (The Love album demonstrates this potential). I’m certain one fear on the part of the Beatles is that MP3 downloads would cannibalize their CD sales. With “new,” higher quality CD masters on the way, MP3 versions of the current 80s era CD releases would be perfect to sell to unknowing consumers who might buy these MP3s, and then be sold the “new” CDs when they come out in a few years - basically paying for the same music multiple times, while the Beatles always keep the best versions just out of reach or at a premium price. George Lucas, anyone?

But the parallels between the Beatles’ Apple Corps and Apple computer go deeper than name and a few lawsuits here and there. Both have an attention to detail and quality that is exemplar. The Beatles Love graphic design looks right out of a Mac desktop pattern, even down to the Beatles silhouettes resembling Macintosh OS X icons.

Lastly, after Revolution graced a Nike shoe, the Beatles are currently plastered all over Vegas and even slot machines, so a few iPods and Apple ads here and there wouldn’t diminish their reputation any. So here’s to the crazy ones - just do it.

Disclosure: I own a tiny amount of Apple stock.

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