arstechnica.com— Elton John did what everyone expected the Beatles to do: made his entire career's worth of music available online, exclusively through iTunes.
Mar 21, 2007View in Crawl 4
This is great new. Can't wait for the crocodile rock remix. I wonder what useless spin is coming up next."Average White Band signs entire diskography to iTunes"Or "Stepenwolfe signs iTunes Exclusive"Or"Real record store has entire collection of any artist in the catalogue on order in two days!"Must be a slow news day
Although I don't care for most of what he's done in the past 20 years, Elton John has more talent in his little finger than the artists of entire Top 40 today combined.50 years from now, people will still be listening to Elton John, whereas most (or all) popular artists today won't even be remembered, leave alone listened to.
Apparently you've been in a cave for the last 30 years. The copyright on Sir Elton's recordings will last at least until the 2080's, perhaps well into the 22nd century, depending on how long he lives. You can thank Disney, the late Sonny Bono, and a whole slew of other politicians who are beholden to the media conglomerates, because we all know that Mr. John won't be able to make back his financial investment into a song he recorded in 1970 until at least 2082.
Closed AccountMar 22, 2007
Another insecure Microsoftie with a pathological fear of all things Apple. Dime a dozen.
nixxoMar 22, 2007
doesnt jackson still own rights to all beatles songs?
albinoravenMar 22, 2007
This is great new. Can't wait for the crocodile rock remix. I wonder what useless spin is coming up next."Average White Band signs entire diskography to iTunes"Or "Stepenwolfe signs iTunes Exclusive"Or"Real record store has entire collection of any artist in the catalogue on order in two days!"Must be a slow news day
albinoravenMar 22, 2007
Don't be so mean. Just because they bought overpriced, one button PC's with FreeBSD with KDE doesn't make them gay.They are twinked metrosexuals.
conceptjunkieMar 22, 2007
Although I don't care for most of what he's done in the past 20 years, Elton John has more talent in his little finger than the artists of entire Top 40 today combined.50 years from now, people will still be listening to Elton John, whereas most (or all) popular artists today won't even be remembered, leave alone listened to.
conceptjunkieMar 22, 2007
Apparently you've been in a cave for the last 30 years. The copyright on Sir Elton's recordings will last at least until the 2080's, perhaps well into the 22nd century, depending on how long he lives. You can thank Disney, the late Sonny Bono, and a whole slew of other politicians who are beholden to the media conglomerates, because we all know that Mr. John won't be able to make back his financial investment into a song he recorded in 1970 until at least 2082.
astrotrainMar 23, 2007
...... on a P2P in Pepperland....
mikecermMar 24, 2007
This is especially inaccurate considering his entire catalog is already available through Yahoo Music Unlimited.
abalithMay 16, 2007
Dugg that. Rubbish. I'd better go and drink some vodka